1936-10-13 — Page 20

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY, OCTOBER, 13, 1936.

SHANGHAI TENNIS PLAYERS BEAT KOWLOON SIDE

SHOW

GOOD

FORM

MAKE SMART RECOVERY.

ENTERTAINING MATCHES

(By "Veritas"}

THERE

was

an

exciting finish yesterday to the the between tennis match Shanghai Country Club and n representative Kowloon tour! played at the K.C.C. The Shanghai players were down seven sets to five as a result of Sunday's games, but yester- day they made a great re- covery, winning seven and a half sets to Kowloon's four and a half, and so won the match by the odd set.

Somewhat unexpertesty Captate Aline and Miss Grunth, the No. 3 mixed doubles pair, best to J. Gi. Forbes and Mrs. Hurton, but only after a hard match. In which Mis Grimths Bgured prominently with ter retrieving Captain Milne wan not quite up to usual form, and the betler stability of Forbes and Mrs. Burton brought about the result.

MOST ENTERTAINING MATCH

The must entertaining mate of the series was, that between W. C. Hung and Mrs. Nora Wilson of Kow- fon and J. 11. du Pae Marsouli and

English Football

Team Chosen

London. Och 12, England's football eleven to meet Wales' at Cardiff on October 17 was announced to-day an fol- Tow!

folderoft (Preston); Sproston (Leeds) and Cath (Wednes- dari;-&tualley-(¿Valves),-Barker. (Derby): Kren (Derby). Crooks (Derby), Beoti (Brentford), Steele (Stoke). Westwood (Bol- ton) and Basiin (Arsenal).

LAI WAH CUP

DRAW MADE. LAST EVENING

POLICE PLAYER SUSPENDED

The draw for the ai Wish Cup competition was, made last i night. The games will be play-j

Sunday, October 25. ex on when

Badminton Exhibitions Programme Complete

SHANGHAI AND

H. K. PLAYERS

IN ACTION

Record Crowd Is Anticipated

(By "Varitas")

THE programme for to-morrow's exhibitions of badminton by Shanghai and Hongkong

Chinese will meet the Army on) players has now been finalised, and a very enter- The Navy ground at t'anseway Bay, at Cvilians will play the Navr

taining evening is promised. Football Club on the Kowloon ground.

The Management Committee also dealt with the ense in which Wan so-luk. of the Chinese Puller tenm

In addition to one game of men's singles between A. G. Meise, ex-Shanghai champion, and

was sent off the field against Hoyal | M. A. Oliveira of the Recreio, and two mixed

Engineers.

R was eventually divided to sus- greed the player until November 2.

Mes. Krenov af Sharuthat. The locals ITALIAN WINS

won by two sets to one after a series

of quick exchanges Featured by a

valleying.

in

Du 1ac Matsonites, whom, i tmders stand, was four years ago trained as

** } of the future member a possible French Davis Cup team was best- Hant und disappointing His strokes were splendidly made, his running forehand drive and incisive volleying often scoring outright points. But he lacked stability and committed many glaring errors be-

ut his Impetuosity.

caust

Mrs. Krenov was not too happy in the forecourt, but off the ground she sometimes dazzled with ideally placed shots which found the feet of the ine coming Hung

Mrs. Wilson, apart from » some- what weak service, was in delightful form, while Hung pulled out some very nice shots. The Kowloon couple steadier and won were much the

rallies. nearly all of the extended

re-

On the other court Meise und Mrs. Dvorjetz offered stout resistance to A. L. Sullivan and Mrs. Dowling, and actually won the first set after being

Kowloon pair led 4-1. The covered in the second stanza, but and to

to rest content with a six-all division of the final set owing to the failing' light.

Mrs. Dowling was not as good as she can be, committing an unasual number of mistakes of the ground, while Sullivan had a few bad mo- ments in the forecourt. But there were some very bright rallies, and the

scores ind

GREAT MOTOR

RACE

SOME WONDERFUL DRIVING

Westbury. Long Is. Ort. 12. In brillant weather, 50,000 to-day watched the first race for the George Vanderbilt Cup on the new Roosevelt speedway built around the Roosevelt Field at a cost of пис million dollars.

The winner was Tuzio Nuvolari of Italy, driving an Alfa flomeo enr which covered the 400 mile course in four hours, 32 minutes, 44 seconds at on average speed of 05.908 miles per hour.

Wimille, driving, a Bugatti W03 at an average second in 4.44.42. speed of 63.222 m.p.h.. while Brivio In an Alfa Romeo WOR

in 4.45.14, his average speed being 02.004 m.p.lt.

third

Nuvolari won the cup and £5,000 sterling as well as £1,400 sterling for winning 74 out of the 75 laps. whitle Belvio

the other ap Nüvokori was refuellings-Reuter-

Won

KOWLOON GOLF

Indicate quite accurately how Qualifying Round Result

Of Captain's Cup'

matched were the contestants. at the Chinese

closely

This afternoon Recreation Club, the Shanghai players complete

asgainst an their match

The results of the qualifying round Island team. They have a tree day of the Captain's Cup held on October on Wednesday, and on Thursday will10 and 11 at the Kowloon Golf Club meet a Kowloon Cricket Club side were ns follows:

in men's and ladies' singles and doubles.

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doubles encounters, there will be a men's doubles and a ladies's doubles between Shanghai ond Colony players.

The programme will start at 8.45 p.m. sharp | at the Club de Recreio, and a record crowd is anticipated.

Owing to a previous engagement|

Governor (Sir

B Excellency the

the

Association,

Andrew Caldecott), Pafron Hongkong Badminton

has found it impossible to attend, but) among the guests will be Sir William Hornell, one of the new Vice-Presi- zogether dents of the Association,

with other Association! officials. Members of the Shanghai Country' Club tennis team now in Hongkong i will also be present.

The

have matches which arranged are now as follows,

MIXED DOUNLES

Haramder Singh, powerful Indian wrestler, who is socking a contest with any of the mat artists who have recently appeared in Hongkong.

Our Daily Golf Hint

Just figure that the golf. ball has BO masa.

This makes every swing a prac- tice swing and most practice awings are good.

-Douglas Weston.

been) SALAMATAN-met

A. G. Melse and Mrs. T. M. Burton (Shanghai) v. S. P. Chan and Miss

A. Grimths (Hongkong). Two games, only, each of 15 points up!

J. G. Forbes and Misi Joan Massey

Mrs. Moody Back Again

In Tennis

(Shanghai) v. L. A. Carvalho und WINS TITLE WITH

Miss M. Silva (Hongkong). Two games each of 15 points up,

MEN'S DOUBLES

BUDCE

CORRESPONDENCE

Tennis Championships Entrance Fecs

The Sports Editor. Hongkong Telegraph.

Clubhouse Chattor

By "Veritas"

LEE WAI-TONG

AS ORATOR

SPLENDID ADDRESS TO LOCAL REFEREES

SUGGESTS SINGAPORE COMES.

INTERPORT

HERE FOR

IT EE Wai-tong proved himself | Is one of the few laws governing the to be just as good an orator game which allows, instead of pro- as he is footballer when last hibita, and for that renson alone is. night he addressed il record when properly applied, one of the attendance at the fortnightly best rules appertaining to the game. mbeting of the Hongkong The more we see of the advantage Referees' Association, describing | rute in Hongkong football, the better very vividly the experiences of

for the game generally. the Chinese Olympic football

squad on their recent tour of Professional Football In Europe. Lee invested his speech

with just that right amount of Flight and shade which Hfted it

Singapore

In

Jouf of the common ruck of being |TE won inple of conversation

football enthusiasts merely a recital of events. He among offered comments on the various Singapore these next few days will

be the most point of "professional types of refereeing they had isn" tad by Mr. R. L. Hastie, the met in the course of their pro- | refiring president of the Singapore Hongel travels, and these were Amateur Football Association, in his of a nature which indicated that speech at the dinner given him last week. To professionalise or not to Lee is no superficial observer. professionalige, that is the question" It was in every respect an ad-

one right parody the famous words of Hamlet

it is mirable address and kept his

very dimcult question to answer. isteners enthralled.

Many with memories cit "shama teurisin" and inetdents tylilcl Derur at Intervals throughout the football season in Singapore are....in

Triangular Interport

And

PERHAPS one of the most interest favour of it, because, to quote Mr. ing points abend It was the hint Hastle, "that canker (of stam an that Singapore is very anxious to teurs) is likely to gnaw at our vitals." cross swords with Hongkong in an But isn't professionalism in Singa- Interport. and Lee went so far as pore or Malaya to take the country

to the Bong-

ngas a whole--impractical? Will I be

to throw out 3 2 endeavour to arrange | profitable to those

who may slep kong F. A. to

Tournament a triangular

between over the dividing line and join the Hongkong, Shanghai and Singapore. ranks of multitudinous

sportsmen all over the world who do not think And after all, why not? On Lee Wal. Long's own showing Singapore are there is something disgraceful about well within the standard of play both taking money for the exhibition of here and up North, and Interest in skill at games? Will it profit those

such an Interport would be doubled. who, to institute professional football if Singapore are willing to come to in the country, will have to go to Hongkong the local authorities should such lengths writes "NIMROD" in do everything in their power to en- the Stralis Times. courage such a venture. Lee's sug-

Sir-Once again the Ladus open gestion cannot be taken as an offelal A Pro.'s Earnings

I wonder Hesture, but there is no harm in the F tournaments come round. how many entries there will be this A. making a note of it, or even going time, especially with some of our so trees to enquire from Singapore star-players such as Mrs. Kayll and whether they would care to come this

way for a game. Miss Hancock absent.

Last

indles competed ten

doubles. In the same year there

the

THE most a professional footballer

the

a number of ladies playing, and it instructive. For long now have slona among

the civilian

In Malaya can hope to earn for his capabilities is $40 to $50 a month. Professional football cannot be a part-time job to be really successful. in the singles and 8 couples in the The Advantage Rule

There are transport and touring ex- were 50 entries for the men's singles, AT football referees the world penses to consider, and it is unlikely while 18 couples entered for

over are not such a bad crowd that a professional will be called on men's doubles and 14 couples for the was another point which emerged to play more than 25 games a season

from Lee's speech.,

leogue rus- Mixed doubles,

Actually be this should there be

50" Is this Undoubtedly found room for complaint only in ning as guest she 50 odd which an player has to contend with ther

In Malaya, India, on the Cun- are more men than women Java.

months of soccer

at Players in

in the Colony, but even then, tinent and in England! the Chinese in For

foot- this, the average a and taking into account the supposed enne in contact with, and saw, some home. modesty of the fair sex, there must very good refereeing Two-things-baller-in-England-gets-is-£3-4-weck. be a reason for his reluctance to strupit him about the English referees. As Mr. Hustie says there are certain participate in the Open Tournaments. Their very quick decisions and their good players who wish to capitalise la many of the clubs where there, insistence on playing the advantage their talents. With football on such

This is both interesting and a are lady members, one always sens rule,

in the countr the protes- Berkeley, Cal: Oct. 12.

will undoubtedly whelly be referees to advocated that Hongkong Mrs. Helen Willa-Moody returned they are so keen they aught

mude up of Astatics, and in this A. G. Meise and J. G. Forbes to tournament tennis to-day to win welcome the opportunity to meet new should pay more attention to this

Coast (Shanghai) v. a selected Hongkong the Pacifie

mixed doubles players, and gain experience by advantage rule, and with Arst class direction, a rather big obstacle rears English referees as their guide, there its head-the injority of the good couple. Two games each of 15 points Donald Budge.

partnership with taking part in Open Tournaments. championship in

A glance at the entry forms will is no reason why our Men of the Aslatie players are to be found it Whistle should not exert their powers Government and Municipal services. They had 17

Jong match with give the answer. The entrance feg Miss Itelen Jacobs and Henry Culley is 100 high. $5 is quite a lot for the under this rule. It is a law destined With the question of tours upcountry to eliminate as much as possible con- and to other places in mind, will which had to be adjourned on Sun-ordinary person to pay if she cant stoppages of the game through these two services allow their em- [day owing to darkness,

little chance of surviving the first

ployees so many days absence per- To-day Mrs. Moudy and Budge mound. It is $5 per player for both technical infringements; and of course, clinched the issue, Bnally winning the singles and the doubles events, equally important, it has the second haps once every two months in order Mrs. T. M. Burton and Miss Joan 6-7, 10-8, 0-4. When play stopped and for the latter especially, I thinkbject of permitting the victimised to allow them to earn a bit extra" outside? One has not the slightest. Massey (Shanghai) v. Miss A. Muc-on Sunday the contestants were the entrance fee is exhorbitant. The player every, advantage possible. It kenzie and Miss O. Ribeiro (Hong-set-all.

men only pay $3, and this fee in- kong.) Two garnes each of 15 points|

Donald Bulge scored triple vic- cludes the use of the club courts for tories in the competition, retaining matches. The mixed doubles event the singles and winning the men's Is even more reasonable it is $2.50 doubles with Culley-Reuter.

per player.

A few years ago when the ladies tournaments were run by the L.R.C. the entrance fee was $2 per player, and there used to be more entries, if I remember rightly. Can nothing be done about this matter before the entries close on October 19th?'.

Yours etc.,

up.

One game between two Hongkong couples.

LADIES' DOUBLES

MEN'S SINGLES

A. G. Melse (Shanghai) v, M. A. Oliveira (Hongkong). One game of] 15 points up,

BUCKLEIGH A WARM FAVOURITE.

Cesarewitch Outlook

Newmarket, Oct. 12, Twenty-eight horsese are likely to contest Wednesday's long distance! Cesarewitch.

Despite the fact that he is top-

Glanely's weight, Lord

Bucklelgh should start, a warm favourite, which position is chiefly due to the fact that he is the best class horse in the Aeld.

Newtown Ford, one of the light-f weights, represents the north country who anticipate his success, although many French-horses have been entered who will challenge the field.

Near Relation, will attempt a feat hitherto nover performed of winning the race in successive years,

The Earl of Harewood is running Queen's Shilling, one of the most fancied outsiders-Reuter,

SECOND VICTORY

Pearce Scores 101 For Hongkong

Shanghai, Oct. 12.

A. WOULD-BE COMPETITOR.

The Best of Shangliai replied with only 110 runs, Secretan being the top-scorer with 24.

A score of 101 by T. A. Pearce, the Hongkong captain, was the feature of the match in which the Colony interport cricket team defeated the | Rest of Shanghai by 96 runs.

Pearce followed up his century by Pearce knocked up the century in taking six for 30. Lee had two for 115 minutes and played an aggressive 36, Minu one for 22 and Nazarin nne Innings throughout, being mainly for none. Nazarin captured the last responsible for Hongkong's total of wicket with the last ball of the match. 212.

--Reuter,

ALL-INDIA CRICKET

TOUR LOSS MAY BE £1,000

London, Sept. 24. All-India cricketers left England yesterday. Their tour has! been a financial failure, and it is expected there will be a loss of £1,000-on-it when the accounts are made up.

"The weather has boen against us. Although we did not have a very successful time from a playing point of view I am sure we would have had bigger 'gates' had the weather been better," said the team treasurer, Mr. S. M. Hadi,

Major Brittain Jones, manager of the team, is staying in England. He has taken a business appointment here...

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