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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH........ SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1937.

SUPERLATIVE BADMINTON WINS CHAMPIONSHIP

PERFECT DISPLAY BY WONG

CHAMPIONS

V. REST

TO CLOSE SEASON

To-morrow's Match

(By "Verllas")

Kowloon Cricket Club, who won the championship without losing a match, are anxious to preserve this pleasant record and are turning out practically

Rupert full side. ก Baldwin, one of the best out-Belders in local cricket, and a dashing bats- man, unfortunately absent, but F. 1.2 Zimmern and W. C. Hung are play- ing. Burnell cannot play and C. 13. R. Sargent, who figured regularly in the team during the first half of the season is included.

altack the champions have For

Hall, McKenzie,

Sargent. Bung Baxter, Broadbridge and Gray, all capable of inking wickets, but chiefly they are well nerved in batting. -Baxter, Mulcahy, Hung, Zimmern. McKenzie, Madar being the main- stays.

The champions have an excellent chance of winning despite the varied- ness of the Rest attack and its balting potentialition down to No. 10.

K.C,C, have met and duly punish- ed all of the Rest bowlers who, in other lengur matches, have several imes returned soine exceptional per- formances. Pope, Baker, Stoker, and Mitchell who win constitute the spearhead of the Rest attack are good bowlers, but they did not hold terrors for the clinmplons in league matchen and there is no reason why they should to-morrow.

If anything the odds are slightly in favour of the K.C.C., who also enjoy the advantage of playing on their own ground.

IN

MEN'S SINGLES

Left P. K. Hui and Misa U, Khoo, mixed doubles badminton champions

HUI AND MISS KHOO WIN MIXED

AFTER FAST AND EXCITING GAME

(By "Veritas")

The Results In Briof

Men's Singles Final-P. I. Wong beat T. C. Lec, 15-5, 15-7. Mixed Doubles Final.-P. K. Hui and Miss U. Khoo beat M. A. Oliveira and Miss M. Silva 15-11, 15-12.

Exhibition Men's Double-- E. L. H. Shute and J. J. Remedios beat A. M. Silva and L. A. Carvalho 15-5, 11-15, 15-13.

of the Colony with the runners-up, M. A. Oliveira and Miss M, S POPULAR anticipation

(Photo: Moo Choung).

Badminton Championship Concludes

Next Tuesday

(By "Veritas")

The last of the Colony badminton championship finals will be played at Club de Recreio on Tuesday next when J. J. Remedios and B. A. Oliveira, Reerelo first string. meet P. H. Wong and C. E. Ching of Chinese

Y.MLC,A. In the men's doubles.'

This is certain to produce the most

RATHER DULL TENNIS

THE SHUTES WIN COMFORTABLY ·

HUNG'S ERRORS

Was

realised last evening when P. H. Wong of the Chinese Y.M.C.A. won the men's singles badminton championship of the Colony and P. K. Hui and Miss U. Khoo of

Left, P. H. Wang, men's' singles badminton cher the runner-up: and T. C. Lee,

(Photo: Mes Choung),

the University carried off the LET US

mixed doubles title.

Both matches were decided without the need of the advantage game, though there were indications it

HAVE FIVE

would be forced to this issue in the DAY TESTS

mixed doubles, in

which M. A.

Divera and Miss M. Silvu offered a

TOO MANY GAMES ARE DRAWN

(By Ronald T. Symond)

PERFECT ATHLETE' Magnificent Shoulders of Max Baer

(By Geoffrey Simpson)

Max Buer's terrific breadth of shoulder was the first thing which struck me when I greeted him aboard the liner Berengaria on his arrival from New York

DOMESTIC

There has not been a heavy-weight WINS RINK

--not even Carriern-with more mag- nificent shoulders. Dressed in a suit

of checked Krey, with his road.

strong face surmounted by. n mup of wavy binck hair, he looked the perfect athlete,

"Sure-I'm in marvellous shape, said Baer. "Every day on the trip I've been working in the gymn, and I've lost count of the miles I've done around the deck. But that's nothing to what I did last year on my ex- hibition Lour.

*I travelled 35,000 miles altogether fighting small bouta

Yeah my mitts have been pretty {bad; look at this!" and Baer held out a right hand which showed clearly that the metacarpal bone had suffered sorely.

"IL Ilust the world title to Braddock," he

HONOURS

Miss Violet Kirby, a 28-year-old doniesie, of Herne Bay, won the Women's Half-Milo Amateur Roller Skating Championship of Great. Britain at the Forest Gate Rink laat month. Her time was Imin. 55 1/5 sec., nearly five seconds faster than Tant year's winner. Miss D. E. James, of Birmingham.

More than 1,000 skaters watched the four

heats In which girls from seven clubs competed.

In the fourth heat Miss D. P. Sar- gent (Medway S.C.) was leading by five yards when the wheel of one of

broke. She wil

I was alunged five weeks before her skateswitched forward on to her

ji

explined,

why go on with the match? Well-Braddock had not long stopped taking public relief and needed the money. And he looked easy to me. "But the hand went back on me just as it did later with Joe Louis. That's why I've had such a long rest, but everything's O.K.

Bner Invited

катеоне to lend his cia for a demonstration, but there was no acceptor. I should imagine Baer can hit with smashing force be cause of those fine shoulders. And he assured me that for the first time for nearly a year he was now able to do so.

"I'm sta

how"

hend and carried from the rink un- conscious. Soon afterwards, how- ever, she recovered, apparently not seriously hurt. In the final of the event last year Miss Surgent also fell, when leading

HOUR'S PRACTICE A WEEK

Kirby told the Neon Chicle sorted skating five years ago, and although I enjoy swimming and cycling, skating gives my the greatest pleasure,

"I do not go in for slimming, but give up smoking a fortnight before the

the championship is run. My train- lag is one hour's practice a week."

There were no spectators at the rink last night. All were skaters, and in between the heats they danced in the accompaniment of a military

"The New York Commission doctor examined my hands before I left, and he was satisiled," sald Bner."

Baer's Arst contest in England will band. be on April 15 at Harringay Arena against the winner of the coming Foord-Farr championship match.

staying six montlis and expect The Board of Control for Test to have several fights. The Idea is watches in England will meet at that I must make a cicin-up over Lord's very shortly. According here. Then I shall be matched with to the agenda, the chief business Braddock-Louis fight winner in

the States next September. will be to appoint a new Selection Sub-Committee. They will also

strong resistance to the winners.

Wong's superlative control over all Yesterday's Colony tennis cham-shots allowed him to run away with Monships matches did not produce the singles match. He matched T. C. any very sparkling play. W. C. Hung Lee shot for shot and then produced and E. C. Fincher won easily enough some of his own which left the loser against the Chan brothers, but they

helpless, nearly made the mistake of taking

Lee staked all on his ability to things too easy after the first set, and smash aces, but Wong positioned himi- were actually 4-5 down in the second self so well that he was able to pick PLAYER OFFERED

Hung was variable and made tog up the majority of these shots and to thing pay my or the three many mistakes to instill confidence in Tutory their as whing drops while £275 BRIBE

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doubles Lee was still vainly trying to re- hibition matches. 14 will be well clumpionship. This was not

true cover his balance. This happened £270 bribe it worth wille to pay a visit to Club form, but it is the sort of factor he half a dozen times early in the match when Lee changed his de Recreio on Tuesday next. The can it afford to become operalive, in but even

tacties and went for the short game, The supporting encounters include 7 more important tie.

Wong remained the master. Fincher played very good

tennis tatning badminton personalities, T. J. singles between those very enter-

and he does not seem to have lost

It seemed that Lee's only chance of making

the uny skill in, the doubles game,

any impression Ong of Chinese Y.M.C.A., whose man-

Father and son Shute made short ubiquitous Wong was to persist in nerlains make him one of the most work of the Hussain brothers, who clearing shots, but in the light of the R. 1. Yong, who in many quarters, is Kenneth Shue's good length lobbing, doubitul whether attractive players in the Colony, and were

completely outwitted

wonderful form, it is by champion's

methods these colleagues dedns the best singles player Shute senior was also in good smash- I would have reaped greater reward. consider the question of five-days;

A letter offering his sida were defeated in the third round of the Rugby League Cup at Wakefield, has been received by J. Arkwright, the Warrington Rugby League captain,

The letter. which was anonymous, has been handed over 10 the notice:

but Arkwright and his

regard the matter as a Joice.

Shortly before the fifth round F.A. Cup lie between Everton und Tolten- Everton's goalkeeper, ham Hotspur, Sagar, received an anonymous letter offering him a £50 bribe to lose the match.

matches start at 9.15 p.m.

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at the University. As both gave Oliveira very hard games in the form, and by exploiting these

two phases of the game they championship just concluded, more able to win with lots in hand. than ordinary interest is vested 1 in -The-

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TO BOLTON WANDERERS

the

Two Referees In League Soccer Games

(By Arbiter)

The management committee of the Football League decided recently to introduce two referees in League matches almost immediately.

Recently a questionnaire was ad- dressed to the clubs inviting them to ogres to the appointment of two referees during the practice matches

the 1937-38 season..

Continuing its clean play campaign, next August and also for a period of

Football Association recently Issued a general warning to Bolton Wanderers players regarding future conduct.

I understand that the result re- vealed that in many cases the clubs had not seen the new system of con-

Lee was a gallant loser and fought Tests in England when the Austra were hard for e points, but

the

imperturbable with a repertory of strokes which would allow him to hold his

Far too many Anglo-Australian own against any talent north of Test encounters in this country are Singapore, was an equally worthy left unfinished.

In all, 82 Test matches against Wong's best shot was his skilfully | Australia have been played in Eng- The warning was a sequel to trol in operation and a disinclination Chun Kam-hung and Chan Kam- disguised drop from three-quarter land, and 21889, when scrles of Round F.A. Cup tie with Manchester

of these have been "regrettable incidents" in the Fifth to offer any view. court which had Lee puzzled through drawn. Since.

The committee felt that this diff- out the match, The winner also five Tests were first played, 23 games City at Bolton on Feb. 20. Manchester culty must be met at once and the cleared very finely getting the shuttle have been drawn out of 43. Twenty

won 5-0.

intention is to introduce two referees to fall within inches of the baseline. of these matches have been played. A commission of the Association, in some of the matches which were Lee was always short in his clear in the post-war perlod, and exactly meeting in Manchester, suspended A. postponed owing to Cup-tles and unces and on serviço.

half of them were drawn.

Anderson, the Bolton outside left, for which are now due to take place in None of the four matches played in seven days and fined him £8. An-mid-week. This arrangement will, Manchester since the war has beenderson was ordered off during the of course, be made with the consent of the clubs concerned in the finished, and at Leeds three matches match. out of four have been drawn.

Mr. C. E. Sutcliffe (Chairman) said matches. There is a tendency among bluff in the event of a recurrence of such advocates of brighter cricket to affirm conduct there might be serious conse- that four days is enough for any game, quences for the Bolton club.

issued to Fulham and Tottenham but experience belies this view. Recently a similar warning was Hotspur players.

CLUB SINGLES HANDICAP

EL. Owen Hughes beat R.

Withington 6-2, 4-6, 7-5.

Smalley beat Henson 6-2, 3-1.

L.

F. V. Harrison beat G. E. R. Divett

0-1, 4-0 and 6-4.

A. K. Mackenzie

Evans 6-0, 0-3.

bent J. F. B.

MONDAY'S GAMES

The following are the fixtures for Munday:

SPECTACULAR DOUBLES

Rapid exchanges between Miss Silva and Miss Khoo at the net, magnificent pick-up shots by Hui of Oliveira's smashes, and the losers fighting finish which enabled them to get within two points of the cham-

THE TIME FACTOR Open Singles.-F. II. Kwok v. K. plons in the second game were the Shute; Y. C. Lau v. F. V, Harrison; high-spots of the mixed doubles final,

The time factor is oflen the best 5. A. Rumijaha v. A. Crawford.

This was the most spectacular match Open Doubles. Major R. I..

of the evening, and the large friend of the side which plays for crowd at Club; de Recreto warmly safety. If either England or Austra- Withington and Major J. D. Milne v. applauded the players for their ex-Ha wins a match at Nottingham or Wong Fuk-nam and Lui Kwal-fun.hibition of fast and clever badminton, Lord's, and becomes one up in the Mixed Doubles.-W. Wooding and No matter how hard Oliveira hii series, it is obviously sound tactics Miss Ward v. J. C. Pool and Miss (and his eye was certainly true) or and policy for the side with an V. K. Allen.

how much ground he covered, Hul advantage to "play doggo" for the re- Vly to pick up the "kills" and had suf-

invariably positioned himself correct-maining matches.

ficient control over his returns to Vforce Oliveria or Miss Sliva into tak

ing a difficult shot.

Club

Champlonship.-G. W. Sewell v. W. M. Barton; V. R. Cordon

B. O'M. Deane.

Handicap Singles.-J. Thomson L. T. Ride..

NEW PROPOSALS ON BOWLING AVERAGE Getting Credit For Valuable Wickets

This

was Hul at his best. Ho mixed them adroitly, and enjoyed one big advantage over the opposition: he cleared longer.

If, with the help of the time fac tor, they can avoid defeat, the rubber is theirs. In matches which are practically certain to be finish- ed runs alone count, and no advan- tage is gained by pottering about. The Australians want to play five- Juys mutches here, but when the mat- Oliveira

displayed much better ter was considered at a previous court-craft than usual, but his lob-meeting of the Board of Control the bing was inclined to be short and he proposed extension did not commend was not always happy on the run..

Itsell to them, Cool and elever were the ladies, Since that time, Mr. P. F. Warner, mixing drop shots with drives and the prime selector and president of clears

and

generally taking a

a very

Middlesex, has pubilely emphasised important part in the game. Miss the fact that if the matches were to Khoo was slightly the more efflelent in start on Thursday's instead of Fridays dealing with the short ones, her there would be no additional inter- covering of the forecourt revealing ference whatever with the county Test matches, even when they are good anticipation. But Miss Silva cricket programme, and he has urged away in Australia, are always the was not far behind and in their in-that the question be favourably con- signal for enthusiasts here to get busy dividual duels. the ladies divided the sldered. with cricket suggestions. Two of the honours. Miss Silva

was more new ideals recently put forward are: worried about Hul's half court drops, New system of ranking bowlers and because Miss Khoo did not have The man who takes Bradman's the same difficult shot to cover, her ivicket gets no more credit than the task was made slightly easier. man who bowla a all-ender. There- fore it would be advisable to award cellent recoveries. In the first they Many reasons, not least of which is In both games the losers staged ex- accede to the Australians' desire. one point for the bowler diamissing were trailing 6-10 and then caught the tendency to make for brighter batemon with an average of under up to 10-11 and 11-13 before losing cricket, lead me to believe that the 20 in the previous season; two points at 15-11. In the second game they would be awarded for the wicket of were down 8-2, recovered to B-4. im for Anglo-Australi

game would

London.

NO SOUND OBJECTION

I share Mr. Warner's view of this I feel that there is really no inatter. substantial reason why we should not

extension of

who

a batsman with an average of bo- then 10-all, were in arrears 10-12, tween 20 and 40, and three points for caught up to 12-all, then lost the in the past wickets averaging over 40.

next three points though not without a hard struggle.

The other suggestion relates to the outfeld. It is to the effect that the grass should be allowed to grow Jong, as longer grass would demand harder hitting in order to reach the boundary. The batsmen would then

have to run.

If any of the three peste show a disposition next Tuesday to retire from their labours, there will certainly be difficulty in finding suit- which I would like to see proposed is able successors. In such case a namo that of Mr. Arthur Carr, the former

GOOD CURTAIN-RAISER The curtain-raiser to this enjoyable evening was a men's doubles exlibl- tion in which E. L. H. Shute, touching Notts captain.

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