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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

1937. SATURDAY, APRIL 17,

TAP-LOB, LOB-TAP TENNIS ON THE STAND COURT

Week-End League Football In Hongkong

RIFLE'S BIG CHANCE TO CONSOLIDATE: TITLE AT STAKE

Lee Wai-Tong Unable To Play For S. China "A"

Hongkong enters upon the last phase of its football season to day. In most cases, teams have but two or three matches to play before completing their league programmic, yet the first division championship is by no means won, All that can be said with cer- tainty is that the title will go to either South China "A" or Royal Ulster Rifles.

team, and the Caroline Hill outfit are not likely to suffer because of his Inclusion.

Lee Wai-tong has a damaged leg and will not figure in South China's team against Kowloon this afternoon. Ho Ka-keung is expected to take his pince, though Fung King-cheung will probably lead the attack, with Ho at Inside left.

·CAMPBELL GONE

Austin's Now Partner MACAO'S

A Schoolboy

R. C. Nicoll, the 16-year-old Middlesex junior, who dis- tinguished himself against H. W. Austin in the Hergo Club's tournament at Harrow this week, has accepted Aus- tin's Invitation to play with him in the men's doubles in the Hard Court Championships at Bournemouth, which will bo begun on April 26. Nicoll's schoolmaster has specially lat him off for that weak

BIG SOCCER

MATCH

Plays Colony Eleven

To-morrow, Macao's football

TOOK SEVEN will be given its first serious test

-YET

since the game became popular in the Portuguese Colony, the occa!

HOLEDsion being an "Interport" match

IN SIX

How is it possible for a golfer to take seven ahota, playing four different balls at one hole. score only six on his card, and yet not cheat?

Much more serious to the Rides, is the loss of Campbell who salied from these shores yesterday, Camp- Several last-minute alterations have bell may not be the ideal centre-half been made in the week-end schedule. Judged according to certain stand-

This seemingly impossible prob- South Chinn "B" will not playards, but he was always a magnificent Eastern this afternoon, the Rides v. worker and rarely failed to inspiretem was solved during the qualifying Eastern match, for to-morrow, having his team to give of their

tournament on the Cleveland been brought forward as a subclitute a spolling centre-haif he had few competition for the Daily Mail £2,000

Recreto and Kowloon Chinese, who cquals and no superiors in the Colony, were to have met to-morrow, will and his going leaves a great gap in

the team, difficult to . play off at another ilme.

morrow.

best, AB

Nevertheless it will come as a sur- There in one change in the second division, Ulster Rifles and Eastern priso if the Rifles cannot take two playing this afternoon instead of to-points from Eastern to-day.

expect to seo South China "A", Arst and Ulster Rifles win in the division, while Club will probably have 10 share points with St. Joseph's, as will Athlelle.

In the third division, two matches have been postponed Kwong Wah v. St. Joseph's and European Police v. R.A.F.

The Rifles possess an extremely valuable lead of two points, but it require, five still means that they points from their last three games to become champions-that is assuming South Chine collect maximum paints

from their matches.

the

The week-end finds both teams confronted with comparatively easy tasks. South China "A" go to Raliway ground to meet Kowloon, and with all due respects to the main- landers,

have admittedly shown who much improved form since Christmas,

feel they are

enough strong stop

the Chinese from winning. South China will be without Wong- Mec-ahun, but I have always regard- ed Lau Hing-choi as a player better- tied for the pivotal duties in this

I do

to

not

Police with the

1

事

links.

between a selected Macao eleven and representative team. drawn from the second division of the Hongkong Football League.

In Macao, according to our own

the encounter correspondent, being eagerly awaited, and as usual hospitable Macao has gone out of its way to ensure the comfort and en- joyment of the visitors.

Though in Club

Hongkong 1tle is known as to the standard of play in A. J. Isherwood, driving from one Macno, everything polets to the lee, appeared to go out of bounds, homesters more than holding their 50 drove another-a "provisional" own against Hongkong's elect. ball,

The visitors are by no means the strongest combination to be found in the second division, but it in a good representative akte, Army, Navy and Civilian teams being represented.

Ho found the first and with his third shot went over the green and out of bounds. He played another

out also went ball. That

of bounds, but his fourth ball reach. ed the green,

The spell of warm weather which Then he holed a very long pull has invaded South China promises In the second division. victories look likely for R.A. (Lyemun), South for a six, although he actually played to make conditions somewhat trying seven strokes, counting the provision-for the players, and it is fairly cor- Kowloon Chinese, the

tain the game will be played on hard Clinu,

That was one of the many adven-going. Fusiliers, Royal Engineers, Athlelle al drive. and Ulster Rifles (against Eastern). tures of the northern professionals Messrs. C. G. Warren and C. Carter

The full week-end programme who took part in the play. In spite

expecting to follows.

of the use of Bre brigade suction of the H.K.F.A tre

some flooded accompany the Hongkong team pumps, there bunkers and pools on the fairways, Macao, and the match will be re- but the magnificent links had sur- fereed by Mr. D. Kossick, Hon.

TO-DAY

•

FIRST DIVISION (K.O. 4.45) Kowloon v. 8. China "A"

were

to

BROWN BOMBEE—This is the face and poéo that Joo Louis, Detroit Brown Bomber, presento to his opponents in the heavy- weight boxing ring. Louis recently signed for a bout with Jim Braddock, heavyweight champion, in Chicago In June, despite a Braddock-Schmeling agreement for June 3, in New York.

CORRESPONDENCE

C.B.A. v. Radio Hockey Match

Kowloon,vived slorma which would have sub-Secretary, Hongkong Referees Asso- grim" has an "axe to grind".

Ulster Rifles v. Eastern-Navy, Club v. St. Joseph's Club.

SECOND DIVISION (K.O. 3.15) Club v. R.A. (Lyemun)-~~Club. South China v. Eastern

merged many courses.

clation.

officials,

KEEPING CRICKET ALIVE

DREARY DOUBLES

MATCH

Players Miss Chances

(By "Verlas")

Wong Shul-wing and Luk Ding- cheung beat Tsol Ping-fan and Ng Kam-chuen 7-5, 10-8.

It will need a couple of very good semi-finals to efface the memory of this fourth round match in the men's doubles tennis championship played on the stand court yesterday. It was one of the most sterile displays of tennis seen in tho competition this year.

Wong and Luk should have won it with gomes to spare. In the first set they were.game-point for a 6-2 lead, lost it and the next two games. In the second set they led 5-4 (after chances of making it 5-3) with match points galore, but still persisted in throwing them away. They broke through service in the advantage Bames only to lose their own with equal facility.

Taol and Ng, well mustered in close-quarter volleying and lacking the same decisive ground strokes as the opposition, fell back upon _lob- bing to extricate themselves from threatening positions. For this no- body could blame them. But their Jobs were not fearfully well placed and the fact that they succeeded so well was due entirely to Luk and Wong who hadn't got the semblance of a "idil" between them.

The Sports Editor,

Hongkong Telegraph. Sir-Unless I am mistaken "Pll- Anyone who witnessed the game The Hongkong team has been must have realised that any "in- At the request of the almost every man wore a black tle as selected as follows.

excusable behaviour" on the part of C.B.A. was caused solely by the style a mark of respect for the late Harry

Branwell · (Rifles); D. .W. Wills of play adopted by several of their Vardon, who had spent many years

clubs going if they do not give the from I. Caroline fill. of his career in Yorkshire. Flags in (Kowloon) and Galley (Fusiliers): opponents, the right back in parti-

the clubhouse were flown at half-M. Parvis (Club), Splora (Seaforths) cular.

and Dewell (Engineers); J. B. Gon- mast.

Balven (Recreio)... Sumner (Stone cutters); Harrison (Medicals), La Fook-chi (Kowloon Chinese) and Brower (Navy).

R.A. (B) v. Kowloon Chinese

(Continued on Page 13.)

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INTERPORT

(By Our Own Correspondent,}

I would point out that at one time C.B.A. were awarded no less than five short corners for infringements by Radio players in the circle.

I have felt in the past that sports correspondents should be entirely unblassed and I need perhaps say only this in conclusion-latct unguis

in herba.

Enclosing my card.

CHEAT FAIR,

Players Were To

TAP AND LOB, LOB AND TAP

Thus we

were given extended ralles of top and lob, lob and top, until finally one or the other com- mitted a mistake. In this manner did Luic and Wong struggle painfully Sir Charles Hyde, Fresident of to their points and the match. Warwickshire County Cricket Judged by the standards set in this

Tsol

was the best Ping-fan Club, at the annual meeting last match, month, said:

player on view, and one must give "The public is sick of watching him credit for admirable control, and the ability some of the deadly dull perform clever, anticipation, and ances of last season. The weather to make use of opportunities, Not and Test Matches will never keep that he was without blemish. Far In fact he several times public attractive.cricket. We must made stupid and costly blunders. have good sporting cricket and But his tennis compared more than

ather three. bright batting, otherwise we have favourably with the other

Ng was the less dependable no right to appeal for support," "The display of the Warwickshire quickened rallies. The winners were

could team at Bristol last season was a happy when they

deserted them. blot on cricket. This sort of thing as soon as they were confronted with must stop. To-day people like jazz, lobs their confidence

Nevertheless they were the better dirges. not funeral dir

balanced combination and both made some excellent shots at intervals, Luk's volleying was accurate and re- liable. Wong displayed sound ground strokes, though none of the players revealed the ability to pul "punch" behind thele shots.

"I do not blame them if they stop away from dull cricket. Let us give them what is worth paying for and worth

watching."

Dr. Harold Thwaite, the Hon. Treasurer, Bald

said:

was

Sulis

him in the

volley,

Championship.-A.

but

L.

Blame

"I feel a real effort will be made Sir,-With reference to "Pilgrim's" to find a way of lessening the burden

rather haphazard, dismal report in your issue of to-day's on what are called the weaker coun- tennis. Too much like the stuff one Telegraph, i would like to enlighten ties. Most people will say

as they

DOCS in league matches, in which it game is a case of being canny. him as he apparently failed to see it have always done, that the for himself though he was playing wants bucking up, and in a way I Full scores <! yesterday's in the game, as to the reason for agree. If

points were Championship

matches; several CBA players displaying abolished scoring would be faster, Open Doubles-Wong Shiu-wing bad tempers, that is. If he considers players probably more reckless, and and Luk Ding-cheung beat Teci robust play bad tempered. Tactics

there would be more hits over the Ping-fan and Ng Kam-chuen 7-5. Macao, Apr. 18,

to 10-8. employed by the Radio defence such

Handicap Singles.-G. E. R. abolish the Championship?" 50 eagerly is the first Interport as wild first time hitting in the face pavilion euchars wash pepared Soccer match between the selection of an oncoming forward and charg- From 1024 to 1930 inclusive special Divett beat F. V. Harrison 9-7, 6-0; of Hongkong Second Division players ing a player off the ball when in the appeals to the Warwickshire sup- W. Wooding beat A. C. I. Bowker and the representative Macao team, circle is enough to try the patience porters realised £11,750. The most 6-3, 7-3. awalled here that local footballers of the best of sportsmen and it was recent surpassed expectations with a

beat J. Thomson 0-0, 6-3. have been counting the days before on account of these infringements sum of £5,000. the encounter which is to take place that led to the robust play on the

at Bristol, War- Handicap Doubles-A. H. Penn next Sunday.

part of their opponents, and this in this

wickshire followed on 28s behind and and Collls received a walk- that selection has been was, in my opinion, and The Macao drawn frem the teams

of the several

spectators, justifiable. As played for safety. Wyatt baited for over from L. R. Andrewes and E. II. Tenebroso, the Argonauta, the Police for as I am aware the only criticism 24 hours for 25 and Dollery 90 Williams.

minutes for seven, Gloucestershire, Mixed Doubles Handicap-V. R. and the Negra Rubo (Fire Brigade) the C.B.A players have offer Clubs,

against the referees was their failure however, won by an innings The following will play for Macao: to warn the Radio defence from the 117 runs. Joao Lee (Tenebroso); Lei Nga commencement, in fact during the (Police) and Ho Cho Seng (Ar- entire game, for dangerous play, and Konauta): Manuel Magalhaes (Ar-1 was against this type of play that gonauta), Luiz Badarraco (Tene- the so called "objectionable remarks" broso) and Deilm Carvalho (Tene were directed, but not against the brose) Manuel Rego (Tenebroso), referees decisions. Had this factor" Antonio Collaco (Tenebroso) Capf., been taken in hand at the first Fernando Guerreiro (Negro-Rubo), instance, the resultant bad feeling Tiago Badarraco (Tenebroso), and that arose would have been avoided. Joao Lopes (Tenebroso), Vitorino dos

PLAYER. Santos (Tenebroso), Chan Lin Sing (Argonauta), Lam San Yao (Ar-

to

gonauta) and Leu Tek Cheng (Ar- THE DAVIS CUP

gonauta).

Messrs. Lane Crawford, Ltd. have

kindly donated, the ball which will be

used

In the game.

Bryan Grant Declines

To Play

of

Atlanta (Georgia), Mar. 23,

the Bryan, Grant has declined

An elaborate programme has been drawn up in which a. sight-seeing tour has been arranged for the visit ing interporters and a dinner will be held at the Victoria Restaurant after the match. Each of the Hongkong American Davis Cup Committee's in- bo presented with a vitation to report at San Francisco players will souvente commemorating the occasion on May 1 for the first-round match

against Japan, by the Macao alde.

as he does not want to play too much before the trials to select the team for the matches against Australia.

SCOTTISH LEAGUE FOOTBALL

Arbroath Beaten By Celtic, 5-1

London, April 18 Four Scottish Football League matches were, played to-day' with the following resulta,

Celua

Ham Blon

FIRST DIVISION

Arbroath2

2 Kilmarnock

SECOND DIVISION

Stenhouseminār East Fife:

3 ·Dundos U. 4. ́Arr

"Router.

The United States L.T.A. have in- vited the following to report at San Francisco in mid-April for practice before the matches against Japan: D. Budge, F. Parker, B. Grant, R. Riggs, G. Malco and S. Wood.

If Japan is climinated Grant wifi Join the others in May for practice second-round match :before the

against the winners of the Australia- Mexico tle, which begins on April 30.

COLLEGE SPORTS

Wah Tai College is holding. Its Annual Athletic, Sporis on Monday, April 19, at Caroline Hill, start- ing at 11a.m. and entries are cordial- ly invited for the following events;-- Relay Race (1,200 metres, open to all shools of H.K.); 800 metres (Ant race, open to the Colony), AN

and Gordon and Mrs. Mackle beat Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Whitham 0-4, 1-0, 6-9.

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