1937-04-13 — Page 9

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH.

TUESDAY,

APRIL

13, 1937.

Winner of the Junior Shield for the third sucesive year. Here is the Royal Engineers team with their officials photographed before the Shield final on Sunday. Howlett, the captain, is seated in the centre. (Photor Ming Yuan).

TILDEN TELLS US WHAT'S WRONG WITH AMATEUR TENNIS

(By Jack Coddy)

United Press Stat Correspondent

New York. Well Sir, wiin elongated William

entered this apartment, accompaided.

several welcoming by

friends re-

and

C

Bill Tilden, who always remind ed me of a Russian wolfhound porters, he was transfixed with hor- { { physically and of Greta Garbo ror. His face resembled that temperamentally, has been hudying horse. He took a long, gount step forward His hands clutched manised somewhat by the passing step

the air. Ife was about to "give." years and by pursuit of the dollar. But still he is a thespian at heart. The 44-year-old tennis veteran, no langer is an off-court stage stomper He acts like a human being when you chat with him in his apartment. But when crises occur you still can feel the old forthorse nosing toward the histrionics.

He has his dramatic complex under much better control now than when I interviewed him about four years ago in that satne apartment at the Algonquin. That time it was like trying to bondy words with the late Robert Mantell during the duell- ing scene of Hamlet. Tilden stalked

But suddenly he remembered he was not the Thespian of Yore. A sickly smile broke above his long- chin. And like a reformed tippler pushing away a glass of schnapps, he reluctantly led the general laugh-

ter.

but murder will out. And the Thespian in Tilden smashed through before that interview was half over. One of the group asked Bill about "colour and showmanship in sports." I was like flicking a scarlet cape before a drowsing bull. Bill jumped to his feet and started hammering service aces all over the room. THE TROUBLE WITH AMATEUR TENNIS

Joint Champions

The agreement between A. W. Hayward and A. I. Rumjako, captains of the Hongkong O.C. and Indian K.C. cricket teams respectively, not to have uny more replays to decide the Cric- ket Championship was confirm- cd

yesterday

at a meeting of League officials.

In view of the lateness of the season and the fact that the teams have already met twler,

It was decided that the names both clubs should be inscribed on the Shield as ' joint cham- plons.

SNOOKER TOURNEY

FOOTBALL

LEAGUE Fixtures For The Week

The following fixturca. for the week have been arranged by the Hongkong Football Association:

WEDNESDAY

First Division · Kowloon y, St. Joseph'e loon), 5.15 p.m.; Referee, Lineamen, Dove and Steer,

(Kow- Smyth;

Club v. Kowloon C. (Club), 5.15

RUGBY FOOTBALL

Singapore Team To Meet Combined Services

A very good game of Rugby Fool- ball should be seen this evening when the Army Singapore XV play the Combined Services. On Sunday last, the Singapore XV were defeated by the Hongkong Football Club, but will, no doubt, have benented great- ty by the game and are expected to produce better form to-day. This evening's game will be played at Sookunpoo, kick-off 6 p.m.

The following are the teams:

Army Singapore XV-Spr. Evans; Lt. Crawford, Lt. Tobin, Spr. Hol-

p.m.; -Referee, MacCormac; Lines-lands, Spr. Burgess, Lt. Randall, Gnr.

men, Morgan and Andrews.

Seaforthe v. Recreio (Sookunpoo), 5.15

p; Referee, Reynolds; Lines- men, Darby and Smith.

R.U.R. v. R.W.F. (Prince Edward Road), 5.15 p.m.; Referee, Martin: Linesmen, G. D. French and, Hanna.

Second Division

K. Ai (S) V. South China (Chatham Road), 5 pm.: Referee,

Osborne.

R.W.F. v. Police C. (Prince Edwri Road), 3.15 p.m.; Referee, Higham. SATURDAY

First Division

Kowloon

"A" V. South China (Kowloon), 4.45 p.m.; Referee, Kos sick; Linesmen, de Silva and Dredge. South China **T3" v. Eastern (Caroline Hill), 4.45 p.m.; Referee,

Dove...

and An- Fincli; Linesmen, drews.

Club v. St. Joseph's (Club), 4.45 p.m.; Referee, Isley: Lancamen, Day and Barton.

Second Division Club v. R. A. "L" (Club), 3.15 p.m Referee, Barton.

South China v. Eastern (Caroline fill), 3.15 p.m.; Referee, P. K. Jones.

R.A. "5" v, Kowloon C. (Chatham Road), 3.15 p.m.; Referee, Gomes,

R.U.R. v. R.W.F. (Sookunpoo), 3.15 p.m.; Referee, L.A. French.

Kowloon v. R.E. (Kowloon), 3.15 p.m.; Referee, Hanna,

Third Division Kwong Wal v. St. Joseph's

Bailey.

Joffrica; Lt. Calvert, Spr. Hicks, Gnr. Barnaby, Lt. Clarke, Gnr, Coventry, Gnr. Miller, L/Bdr, Cheshire, and Spr. Sin.

Combined Services XV.-Fus

(R.W.F.); Fus. Wilkins Barry (R.W.F.), Lt. Harvey (R.N.), L/Sgt. Asquith (R.N.), L/Cpl. Jones (RW.F.); Fus. Preece (R.W.F.), Fus, Floyd (RWF.); Li, Lincoln (RUM), 1. A. Jones (R.N.), L/Cpl. Bebb S. B. (R.W.F.), Lt. Coltart (R.N.), Capt. Gillespie (RE.), Lt. Hawkins (R.N.), L/Cpl. Harrison (R.E.) and Lt. Case- ment (R.N.), .

YACHTING

WIDGEON WINS EVENT

Mixed class yachts of the Royal Hongkong Yacht Club contested a championship race over a course of 8.1 miles yesterday. Other Yachts contested a sweepstake over the same course Results:

Championship Race. Started 14.40

Finished Gortd. Dorothea .... 16.36.68 10.30.88

(Mrs. S. D. Reid)

Lobo ...

(Mrs. E. R.

Osmund Beats Cunha In Navy), 3.15 p.m.; Referee, J. G. Gull

Close Match

Two of the tiree games in the Colony snooker championship fixed- for last night were played.

Mecting E. L. Cunha at the Royal Naval Yard Police Canteen, A. J. Osmund, the billiard champion, won by 44 points, the scores being. 106 to 122.

Recrelo v Kumaon R. (King's Park), 3.16 p.m.; Referee, Canmore. Liga v. R.W.F. (Chatham Road), 4.45 p.m.; Referee, Phillips,

SUNDAY

First Division

Omar;

Chinese A.A. v. Police (Caroline Hill), 4.45p.m.; Referee, Linesmen, Aldridge and Dove.

Recreln v. Kowloon C. (Kowloon), Lincs- 4.45 p.m.; Refered, Casson; men, Smith and F. W. 'Rees. "That's the trouble with amateur The first frame saw Osmund taking R.U.R. v. Eastern (Navy), 4.45 tennis to-day." He declared, shaking most of the points by clever shots. p.m.; Referee, K. K. Ip; Linesmen, his right index finger at listeners. Cunha was not able to settle down, L. A. French and P. K. Jones, He had adhesive tape about the nub and missed easy shots frequently. of his missing middle finger, which The result was that he made only Tilden has changed. Apparently was chopped off after blood poisoning to Osmund's 87.

In 1922. "Amateur tennis has no ing

showmanship.

and down that living room, loss- ing his head like Glenn Cunningham warming up before the mile, wav ing his long titin hands in flowing gestures, and giving off a lot at balderdash about the hythm and poetry of tennis.

TILDEN HAS CHANGED

Ого

Police

Second Division Chinese A.A. V.

C. (Caroline Hill), 3.15 p.m.; Referee. Aldridge.

Eastern v. R.U.R. (Navy), 3.15

Third Division

he's just an ordinary feller off the colour no

The second frame saw Cunha plck- court. He sits there in-bis living match is just like another no thrills, ing up and by a series of excellent room-his willowy chassis garbed in One player la just like another, re-pots was able to increase his score to p.m.; Referee, G. D. French. blue corduroy shirt and dark gray gardless of their respective ablities a great extent. However he was checkered slacks draped into an no lustre. They have neither in-still 58 points down when Osmund

chair. Alunarlo

he scrat-stinctive colour nor developed show had 122 at the end of this

frame. Continuing his good play in

thef

Poilce C. v. R. E. (Chatham haired Fox Terry," his wire-manship."

He smokes Dill charged thni only three last frame Cunha made many excel- Road), 3.10 p.m.: Referee, Morgan. after cigarette. He laughs amateur men players, of all those lent moves and was especially good Police E. v. R.A.F. (Kowloon),

this and that,

in the world to-day, had when he was faced with difficult 3.15 p.m.; Referee, Smith,

ensy ches the cars of

gave-a-most

"magnificent ex-Buron-Goluried -Von-angle-shots.--Osmund-played-well)

3.15

RA.M.C. v. RA.S.C. (Sookunpon),

p.m.; Referee, Steer.

hibition of control immediately upon Cramm of Germany, Bitsy Grant and also and was prominent for his long FOOTBALL REFEREES

returning from his own, tennis tour Manuel Alonzo of the United States. distance pots. Aided by a break of to begin

Ave engagements with He included them among the time by little-und totalled 122 to Osmund's Mr. Stokes To Represent

most Cunha increased, his points Htile Perry, Anticipating this return, colourful players of

of all time. some of the spry young lads who others were: Norman Brookes, Wil-100 at the end of the game.

fuzzy white ball during Ham McLaughlin, Jean Borotra, Fred Playing at the Kowloon Cricket matches, fixed up. Bill's apartment, Perry, Vincent Richards, Fred Hun- Club P. Pereira beat E. M. Remedios And how they fixed it up! They ter,

of Roumania and by 185 points in 120.

chase the

prized

MI

inked mustaches on the glass over B.1.C. Norton of South Africn.

portraits, and they drew pie- Was Tilden's colour and showman-F. P. Sequeira was not played at the tures and wrole verses with rubber ship Instinctive

crazers in the dust On

artifelat? or

the living "My colour was instinctive-be-

The game, between W, Kong und

Civil Service Cricket Club.

MATCHES ARRANGED The following matches have been

- room walls.

cause all colour is instinctive. Some One verse went like tils: People of my showmanship was instinctive think that fleas are black-but know also, but now and then He arrange for this week this ain't so-cause Mary had left the sentence unfinished

and Itle lamb-whose flecoe was white smiled happily as if recalling some as show. (You're supposed to pro- of the flamboyant temperamental nounce the "Reece' like. "deas." pranks he had played on and off the catch on?)

court during his tumultuous career,

Golfers Mourn The Great Harry Vardon

Harry Vardon, greatest golfer of jis up to the younger school to re- all time, who as a boy learned the member the debt we owe him. He gome with large marbles and clubs taught everybody modern golf as we of oak and thorn, died last month know It to-day."

at his home at Whetstone, Herts,

Vardon, who was 60, had suffered

from chest trouble for years.

Sandy Herd, another former cham-

Snooker Colony:

in

the

the

Hongkong

At the fortnightly meeting of the Hongkong Football Referees sociation held yesterday evening, Mr. D. Kossick, Hon. Secretary of the Association, announced that he had received a letter from Mr. W. Turnbull, General Secretary of the Referees'

Association ...in England, stating, that Mr. G. T. Stokes, Pre- sident of the local body, would be which will be held at Hull on June welcome to the Referees' Conference,

"Mr. Turnbull stated that there would be two sessions, one at 10.30 S. M. Cruz v. E. A. Noronha.m. and the other at 3 pm.

For attendance and voting pur- (Catholic Union).

Championship of

Wednesday, April 14 C. Remedios v. W. Stafford (Craigengower C.C.), 0 p.m.

Thursday, April 15

J.

F. P. Sequeira v. W. Kong (Civil Service. C.C.).

19.

is considered Hongkong

R

J. E. Noronha Y. R. Dodge (C.P.O."district" and members of the Hong- and P.O. Res. Room), 9 p.m.

London, Apr. 12.

kong Association are therefore

cn-

titled to the same privileges as those domiciled in the homeland..

Mr. Stokes left on Home leave. last month, but the Information has

China will meet New Zealand in already been forwarded to him.

on He will attend the Conferenco as, plon, said: "He was one of the best its Davis Cup tie at Brighton golfers that ever swung a club, and April 29 and 30 and May 1.-Reuter. Hongkong's representative,

He caught a chili when walking one of the greatest gentlemen.""

on his home course, the South Herts,

on Tuesday. Complications develop

ed, and he died of pleurisy.

"VARDON" GRIP

Harry Vardon was described as the

· Ideal professional. For more than 20

years he was the idol of every golfer.

Illa "Vardon" grip is now as

SCOTLAND'S SOCCER

TEAM CHOSEN

standardised as the weight of a To Play England Next

golf ball, Hundreds of plaster

casts have been made of the fam-

ous grip.

He won more open championships

han any man is likely to win again

Saturday

London, April 12.

in 1050, *80, and '99, 1903, 11, and 'Scotland's 'team to meet England. In

14.

an international football match

on

In addition, he was runner-up four Saturday next has been chosen as times, was American champion in follows; 1900, and German champlon in 1911.

Dawson;; Anderson and Beattie

He won in all 62 first-class tourna (Preston);

Massie (Aston Villa), played for England Simpson ments. He

arid Brown; Delaney, Against Scotland ten tunes

Walker, Frank O'Donnell (Preston), vi son of a gardener at Grou- vile, Jersey, and one of a family of McPhail and Duncan. Reuter

nine, Harry Vardon was born on

·May 9,

1070

ENGLISH SOCCER TEAM

London, Apr. 12.

He had a handicap of plus 3 at Uie local working men's club and The English soccer team to play played, too, excellent football and Scotland on SaturdaysWoodley | cricket. He won many prizes for (Chelsea); Male, Barkas, Britton,

Ho

Young, Bray, Matthews (Stoke), Car- SETTE TRIBUTES

ter (Sunderland), Steele (Stoke), Henry Co

Colton sald: "I have lost a Starling (Aston Villa) and Johnson- dear friend and a great master It (Stoke) Reuter

WILL: PRESS FOR FIGHT Max Schmeling, German heavy- "weight boxer, telling reporters be would hold Champion James J. Braddock to the fight signed for June 3 at the Long Island Bowli Braddock also signed to fight Joe Louis June 22,

Widgeon

6

16.45.20 18.38.241⁄2 0

Edwards)

1

10.43.54 10.38.49% 4 (Mrs. L. Stanton) True Blue ... 10.43.53 10.38.481⁄4 3

(Mr. G. D.

Adama) 10.44.30 16.34.22 (Miss H. Crawhall-Wilson) Owl

16.54.40 16.38.3734 2 (Mrs. D'Arcy-Evans) Sweepstake Race, Started 14.55 Carpenter... 17.01.26

(Mrs. P. R. Richards) Artemis ..... DNF. Eve

17.03.21...

(Mrs. Hopkinson) Isobel 10.50.17

(Mrs. M. Ellerby)

Joss

16.55.50

(Mrs. B. D. Ackroyd-Hunt) Kittiwake

... 10.58.35

(Miss P. M. King)

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