1936-08-26 — Page 22

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1936.

C. R. C. STRIDE ON TOWARDS THE CHAMPIONSHIP

By "Voritas" WALLOP

Clubhouse Chattor

Badminton Season Is Just Around The Corner

NEW KOWLOON CLUB LIKELY:

INTERPORT NEWS

TITHIN a few very weeks, | reption of a new badminton club in kong during the winter, and the

Waadminton will be looring Kowloon. Additionally it will in

a hopeful The position has not ad- guaranteed's number of prominent reply. players, including some of last vanced beyond this. But the coni- Brigade team.mentator in the Singapore news- year's Fire continues the next season Whether the Fire Brigade club paper did suggest that if Singapore question impossible to answer with it would be a very sand idea for a is awere to send a team to Hongkong, any exnetitude at the moment. For Shanghai team to be present at the one thing the court may be required same by the Police, many of whom play the game with enthusiasm and no little skill. I was told last year that the Police would gladly enter

team in the league but for the

K.C.C. 8-1

HOME TEAM UNSTEADY

THE RETURN OF TSUI WAI-PUI

(By "Veritas")

Kowloon Cricket Club dia- appointed their supporters yes- terday when they entertained CRC (1) in an "A" Division league tennis match and were able only to tally one act in nine. This was the result of

J. DEVLIN TELLS SINGAPORE ABOUT BADMINTON

Singapore, Aug. 20.

J. F. Devlin, former all-England Singles Champion for six successive years, who arrived in Singapore by air yesterday for his Malayan tour, is eager to meet the Penang champion, Tan Loon Piow, who is acknowledged one of the hardest hitters in Malaya.

Boon Piew, as those who have seen him will agree, is a spectacular player, whose

halving two sets with Wong the world has known, who recently lectured and de. Hame is 75 per cent, smash and 25 per cent.

Shui-wing and Luk cheong.

Ding

on the horizon of Hongkong's In accordance aporta activities. with rules, the annual meeting of the Badminton Association will be held during the last week in September and almost immedi- ately afterwards the season

time, thus making a tri- comes into being. Even from

angular tournament. It is an am- this distance signs are not lack

bitious notion which is pleasant to ing to indiente an increased in-

muse upon, but it would be not so But although the Chinese won 50 terest in the game locally. One

easy to arrange as it appears on handsomely, they were just a little good example is the fine measure

| paper, Much as we all desire talt dattered by the final score. For fact that they are never certain ce badminton advance up to a stage. Hung and u Tal-Jam 4-2 in the instance the Fipeher brothers led W. of support given the game whether some, or all, of the players when Interports became part and first set, while F. Guse and S. A. during the summer months at will be on duty when matches are parcel of a reason's progranime. It Gray enjoyed u Kowloon Tong. There, at least due to be played. Only the know- must be remembered that the game against Wong and Luk.

similar advantage 20 new enthusiasts have been ledge that they would undoubtedly here is still very much in its in- putting in assiduous and regular and themselves in this quandary fancy: that the general public, al- practice, and although the stan- stopped the Police from competing though undoubtedly interested in it Hard may not yet be tremendous Inst senem. Unhappily it means has probably not yet sufficiently ly high, the club will certainly that if neither the Police nor Fire embraced it to accept the game as not lack for playing members league & first class court is, cont-for three or four nights in succes- Brigade can participate in the being worthy of financial support this winter. Furthermore there are indications that club officials,ratively speaking, going to waste.sion: and that unless there could be lasting several weeks. He was far

Fly In The Ointment

who regarded the introduction of badminton somewhat suspicious- į ly a year ago, are beginning to realise, its value, not only from a financial, but a social and re- creative viewpoint. From what I am told Kowloon Tong players can certainly expect to receive a kindlier er to their requests than was given during last sen.

Which is happy news in

son. deed. Central British Ideas

BUT pre-ecnon baminton news is

past

not confined to the Garden City Club. For several months members and offlcers of the Central British Association have been con widering ways and menna of intro- 'ducing badminton and adding it to

the club's many sports activities. Even so it has not yet been possible to finalise anything. Negotiations, so I believe, have been' in progress with the Rev. G. E. S. Upstell, head. the Central British master of School, to obtain

the use of gymnasium attached to the School buildings for badminton.

This is sill under consideration. Alternatively the C.B.A. Is seeking an extended lease from the Govern. mont and permission to erect a new clubhouse which will be large onough to include a badminton

court..

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The Tsui brothers always held the upper hand in their sets, and were of each ne only extended in the first few games

net.

tennis

of

Iu Tak-chenk played splendid

throughout, his fine court driving and accurate

valley on the scoring outright.

cross- place- continually

menia

Tsui Wal-pui made a successful return to the courts after an absencr

more reliable than Tan Yun-pui, who gaurantee of this financial suplayed somewhat earelessly at the port, an Interport is practically out the meantime there is a small of the question. This may sound fly in the ointment concerning pessimistir. Actually it is a com- badminton at the Recreio. This sense angle which cannot be elab, which is rightly considered overlooked when one realise that the "home" of Colony badminton,

the Badminton Association has not where enthusiasm for the game has the funds to stand any sort reigned unabated for three years, monetary loss. and where is members, enjoy nore privileges for its advancement game than in any other club, has found it necessary to make a few restrictions. So great has been the atrain on the floor of leaplug bodies.

Mamak Loague Will

Continuc

Wong and Luk tobbed exceedingly

J. F. Devlin, one of the greaest badminton players' monstrated the game in Singapore.

courteraft.

MANY COUNTY CRICKET

ACHIEVEMENTS

BAKEWELL SCORES A DOUBLE CENTURY: FINE BOWLING

DERBYSHIRE'S NARROW.ESCAPE

London. Aug. 25. Derbyshire made fairly certaing of winning the county cricket championship to-day when they took first innings polits from Northants, 1ut they had a narrow escape from defeat. They led by

05 runs on the first innings, back Narthants

baited brillantly second late and compiled 411 for: 6 declared, Bakewell hitting up 241 nal out.

When stumps were drawn Derby-

well in all three sets. It was this shire had lost seven wickets for 113 Juring the opposition Into fatal runs and were still 173 runs ita errors, which allowed them to win jarrears. against Gruse and Gray. There were

Yorkshire, who are closest rivals to plenty of first-rate rallies and bouts Derbyshire for championship honours of volleying in this set, but the suffered a first innings defeat at the

at the vital stages.

The sets were far better contested aggregate scores indicate, and with a little more firmness in attack the losers would have chalk-Indians aggregated 182 to, which the ed up three four scis.

and heavy feet, that the boards in letter published recently in cur.CC. pair were not steady enough hands of Surrey, who scored 485,

thun the

to do battle

Hammond (Gloucester) Sussex ..

·

i

Mr. Deviin considers that this is the wrong way of playing singles and when told that boon View uses the smash more than any other stroke in his game, he expressed a keen desire to meet him,

"The singles," Mr. Devlin told a Free Press reporter in an interview yesterday, "is really a game of pine- ing, using the high lob followed by the short reply, and sanashing only when a win is almost certain."

An alternative is to work an oppon- ent out of position and finally play the winning stroke.

for 27

He is definitely opposed to smash- ing from the baseline, because so 5 for 69 much of the smasher's court is left Inte recovery will for 70 uncovered and

put him at a great disadvantage, un- less the opponent be a person who .1 for 37 cannot receive a smash.

4 for 44

4 for 21

Partridge (Northants)

Derbyshire

Hughes (Glamorgan) v. Leicestershire

Hopwood (Lancashire) v. Warwick

Hollies (Worwick) v. Lancashire

Copson (Derbyshire) v. Northanta

Every Rifleman

EXCITING WIN FOR INDIANS Must Have

morning contemporary hinted certain parts have started to be the possibility of the Mamak Hockey come dislodged a similar trouble Lengue going out of existence this

All-India gained an exelting vic- to that which brought badminton winter. I have it. on officia! at

tory over Hampshire, winning by two at the K.C.C. to such an abruptthority that nothing of this nature

runs. In their first knuck the end. Very wisely the committee will happen. The Mamak Lengue decided to give the floor as much will continue as before, with just

county replied, with 238. In their rost as possible, and an order has

As It was the Chinese demonstrat-second Innings All-India put together been issued forbidding, badminton much enthusiasm, and possibly ed quite conclusively that they are 100, leaving Hampshire to score 194 The impression that the Mamak league, and Recreio has but small who captured 5 for 91 the county greater support from Colony clubs, the strongest combination in the to win. But thanks to C. S. Naldu, competition was to be buried in the hopes of winning at Causeway Bay were denied this, being sent back for

151. That Have Been," apparently arose graveyard of "Sports Institutions

RECREIO WIN from the announcement that the

A long list of batting and bowling, Chinese Recreation Club sent over during the past three days, and these Jachievements featured the cricket ongkong Hockey Association with Chib de Recreio at King's Park, are set out below, being cabled by

strong No. 2 team kreek-out tournament. Actually tissue to the odd set before admitting

season organising and they succeeded in forelling the Bentor, together with the results. will be competition between defent. Civilian and Services teams. The Jeivian clubs will compete among

The introduction of Paul Kong. themselves and the winners will together with Luk Chun-chung, Lee thereafter play Army and Navy Yu-wing and Tsot Ping-fen, the fast- teams in a final competition. This (1) Division team considerably three being members of this year's

already magnificently supported gamie in Hongkong. But It does Luk und Lee were the most success- not mean the death of the Mamakful visiting pair winning two and a League; it is not even aimed to half sets, while the Restelo couples affect the Mamak tourney in any and Gosunu

shared the honours, with Barretto shape or form. Very shortly the three sets. winning two out of

until the end of next month, I be- lieve. Not anuaturally some of the keener spirits feel this is rather too severe an imposition, yet the desir ability of such a step is readily understood. It means, of course, that the Portugese will not be able to start practice for some-litt time, but this should be no serious handicap, as a fortnight before the league starts will afford them ample opportunity of getting into shape. About Interports

ter ds next

2

Police And Badminton the meantime there is a lot in is but another step to popularise an strengthened the team.

SHOULD eller of these schemes materlaike it will mean the in-

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the air about possible Inter- ports. Actually, as was reported in the Straits Timica last week, Singa- pore has suggested a visit to Hong.

Kingsbury, lady badminton shampion of the Ark She is one of the most rgoctacular players in the game'

Mamak Lengue will have its annual meeting when the forthcoming Detailed scores and revised league season's programme. will be out-table follows. lined. It has already been satis- factorily proved that hockey in this Colony is big enough to permit of more than one competition.

CHINESE R.C. "A" v. K.C.C. Playing at home the Kowloon Cricket Club lest to the Chinese Re- creation Club "A" team by eight sets to one. Scores:

Tsui Wat-pul and Tsui Yun-pul)

LEADING RACKET (Chinese R. C.) beat E. C. Fincher

WIELDERS

IN "A" DIVISION

Seja

P. W. L. D.

and E. F. Fincher 6-4; bent G. Bodi- ker and G. Clark 6-3; beat F. Grose and S. A: Gray 6-3:

W. C. Hung and Iu Tak-lum (Chi- nese It.C.) beat Fincher and Fincher 6-4; beat Bodlker and Clark 6-4; bent Grose und Gray 0-3.

K. C. and E. F. Fincher (K.C.C.) 1848 (Chinese R.C.) drew with

A. V. Remedies and J. Gonsalves

(Flectelo)....

A. I. Ballinari and L. Goldman

S. W. Wong and Luk Ding-cheung Fincher and Fincher 6-6; drew with Bodiker

2 and Clark 6-8; beat Grose and Gray

7-5,

RECREIO. CHINESE "B"

The Club de Recreio, playing at home, defeated the Chinese Recrea

........ 119 12 tion Club "3" team by five sets to

G. Bewell and II. Owen-Hughes

16 12

11

(U.B.R.C.)......

18 14 D

2

K.

Y.

Lad and K. IL 18.C.A.Aim

14 b T' 2

T. A. Fearew und. D. McDovirall

(JL.K.C.0.)

(I.K.C.O.)

21

0.0

1

four. Scores:

Iu Takchenk and W. & Hea

(C...)......

12

$ 3

0

ท

Luk Diogeheung and Wong Sha

wing (C.10.1) ...............

12 9

1-2

08

G. Bødker and C. Clark {KGC) 18

Ten Wal-qui and Thut Yun-pul

(c.n.c.1)

||C. A. Barretto and A. V. Ciciuno

(Recreio).

F. Grane and A, E P. Quest

(12.0.0.)...AGE

12 7 0 0

Withington and Mine (U.SR.G.) 18 H. D. Ramjahn and A. II. Madur·

(LRC)

J. J. Nemedios and B. A. Bartos

(ecreia)

W.. H. Ho and K. H. Woo

(6.CA.A.)

B. A. Ismail and I. M. A. Inxark

9

4

Q

7

9. 14

J. J. Remedios and H A. Barros (Recrelo) beat F. H. Kwok and S.

W. Llang B-3; lost to Lee Yu-wing and Luk Shuen-ching 0-6; drew with P. Kong and Tsol Ping-fan 6-6.

C. A. Barretto and A. V. Gosano (Recrelo) beat Kwok and Llang 7-5; lost to Lee and Luk 20; beat Kong and Tool 6-3,

AV. Remedios and J, B. Gonsalves (Recrelo) beat Kwok and Liang 0-0; drey with Lee and Luk 6-0; lost to Kong and Tsol 3-0.

944.X

{C.R.C.

Ip

(8.G.AA.) ONLIN

P. N. Wong and 0.

T. X. Terung and F.. N, Wong

M. O. Honen and. 22 D. Peraira

Chan and

(8.0.A.M.)

N. Wong

* Recreio

1R.C.C.

IR.C

H.K.C.C. U.SRC.

19.C.AA

C.R.C. (2)

LEAGUE TABLE `·

Seta

P. W. L. F

A. Pts.

0 10

55, 0 28

·500 32 18

0 4·2 301⁄2 2934 8

4 3 1 21 15

7 3 4 28% 374

0 1 5 22 20

7.2 0 24

171⁄21⁄2 24

6. 0 0 11

334. 0°

One Of These

YEAR BOOK of H.K.R.F.A..

A smash, Mr. Devlin says, should only be played at half court. There every high return should be crashed down, for the striker is in position.

Strangely enough, he does not think that the smash is the winning stroke in a tingles. He considers that the drop shot is the most effective in scoring, assumlog it is played at the right time.

WHEN, NOT TO SMASH

He concedes, however, that "If you, pro sure you can win a point, by [smashing, always smash. But it is a mistake to smash from the baseline when the opponent is as good as you are,"

In the doubles, where the court is well covered by the partners, Mr. Devlin advocates the use of smash as

often ns possible. Speed here is the

factor. As the game pro important The Initial attempt of the Hong-ceeds, the speed should be increased kong Rifle Association to produce a store and mure, the idea being to get Year Book deserves not only the a weak reply which can be killed by highest commendation, but

the one of the partneran

warm appreciation of all members The player may smash from any of this flourishing Association.position us be hon partner to cover him and he should rely more on hard and fast hitting rather than on work- ing his opponents out of position.

Besides, the presence of two men each side of the court allows more chunces to be taken. -

NECESSARY FACTORS

It is remarkably comprehensive COUNTY CHAMpionship'

handbook, offering Interesting and Derbyshire (209 and 173/7) beat vital information regarding the acti- Northants (144 and 41176 dec.) on

vities of Colony riflemen, achleve- first innings

ments of the past year, regulations Glamorgan (225 and 128/4) beat governing the Association as well 19 Leicestershire (210 and 26178 dec.) the

those concerning

rifle shooting on first innings

generally. It gives complete results Surrey (195) beat Yorkshire of the annual prize meeting held In answer to an over used question, (315 and 157/8) on first innings during the year, is profusely illus-ja question which thousands of ba

Warwickshire (209 and 255) beat trated and is, in fact, an invaluable minton players must have asked Lancashire (199 and 147) by 118 brochure for everybody interested in themselves or their friends at some runs

rifle shooting in Hongkong.

time or other, Mr. Devlin gave a very Gloucestershire (586) beat Sus-i

clear and concise reply. NCK (439 and 131) by an innings There is un appropriate foinword by and 16

Major R.D. Walker, the President, in Essex (300 and 216) beat Notts which he refers to the instantaneous (286 and 196) by 34 runs

success of the Hongkong Rifle Asso- Somerset 401 and 110) beat cistion, und, not without pardonable Worcestershire (314 and 100) by 97 pride, points to its achievements in the course of twelve months. Not- OTHER MATCHES

fable among them in the membership, All-India (192 and 199) beat which now stands at 300, together Hampshire (238 and 151) by two with over 5,000 afliated members.

Funk

N. S. Mitchell-lanes

BATTING

Bakewell (Northants) v. Derbyshire

.241

(Somerset) v. Worcester

E.R.T. Holmes (Surrey) v.. Yorkshire

Crapp (Gloucester) v. Sussex

..182

..172

.168

Langridge, Jahn (Sussex) v. Gloucestershire

L150

Packe (Leicester) v.

Glamorgan

.118

O'Conner (Essex) v.

Notts

Leyland (Yorkshire) v.

Neale (Gloucester)

Sussex

.108

Hardstall (Nolts).

Еввех

and Parks, Harry (Sussex) v. Gloucestershire

103 70

100*

BG

Surrey

Dyson (Glamorgan) v. Leicestershire

* Denoten not-out.

BOWLING

Paino (Warwick) v. Lancashire

Pope, A. (Derbyshire) Northanta

and

and

v.

The question was: What is the most important factor in winning a game?

His answer was:

1. Match temperament

Will to win Variety of strokes

2.

3.

4. Patience.

Badminton players will see that it is not just one quality that wins a match, but a combination of qualities, each equally dependent on the others, On the point of the system of com- binations in doubles, Mr. Devlin is in favour of the back and front only

The book, which is published by the authority of the Council is excellently compiled and. printed, and, priced at one dollar, it is for mixed doubles, Where players necessary addition to the booksite are on an even basis, the side by side of everybody Interested In rife- method succeeds more often than the shooting,

back and front, either in the men's or women's doubles.

CHINA'S FOOTBALL

TEAM WINS

Beats Geneva

Side 3-2

Geneva, Aug. 20.

He was asked to give his opinion on a recently controversial and much discussed question: whether it was possible for a player to engage in more than one singles in a day.

VERY STRENUOUS

If one is playing for one's country, one singles a day should be enough was the reply. In tournaments, how-‚· ever, two or even three angles may be played by one man, although he belleved that "badminton is one of the most strenuous games you can play."

Speaking on the strenuousness of the game, Mr. Devin said that tok- ing all other games into considera- tion, including soccer and rugger, he had not found anything so exhausting as badminton, Water polo was very strenuous, but he could well remem ber being so tired by a game of bad- minton that he could hardly stund up.

A ranking of the standard of bad-` minton in the various countries la given by Mr. Devlin to be as follows:

1. England

A huge crowd witnessed some ex- ... for 68 collent play to day when the Chinese ..6 for 44 Olymple Soccer Team defeated the

Local Servette eleven by 3 goals to lie had never reached that stage in ..4 for GB 2 in a thrilling friendly contest this any other form of sport. .6 for 129 afternoon. Howorth (Worcester) v. Somerset

for 59 K. Farnes (Essex) 7.. Notte....

***...6 for 37 Wellard (Somerset) v. Worcester... for 43

Hazell (Somerset) v. Worcester

Spectators generously applauded the visiting players when the win- ning goal was scored. In the evening the victors were guests at a dinner given by the home team.

2. Canada

3.- Ireland

1. Denmark

is

6.

To-morrow the Chinese team .....5 for 43 Herman (Hampshire) v,

leaving for Paris where they will All-Indiang

5.for 69 play a match on Saturday and the Havre team on Sunday.-Central .5-for 91 Neros.

C. S. Naldu (All-India). Y. Hampshire

5. New Zealand Australia

Ho la, of course, unable to say ' anything about Malaya as he has still to see how the boys and girls here play the game;