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LEONG PING-CHUI OUTPACED BY H. D. RUMJAHN

Perfect Length Driving To The Corners

LOSER THROWN

OUT OF

HIS STRIDE

Veteran Pair Outclassed

After Good Start

MEN'S SINGLES

(By "Veritas")

II. D. Rumjalin beat Leang Ping-chut 6-2, 0-1

.

MEN'S DOUBLES

and A. Y. A. V. Gosano Remedios beat Ng Sze-kwong and Hon Luen-fung 0-4, 0-1.

Wong Fick-nam and. Laet Kwal-Jun beat, W. N. Cheung and M. C. Hung 6-4, 0-0.

H. D. Rumjahn yesterday polished off his task of beating Loong Ping-chui in the quarter- final of the Colony tennis cham- very businesslike pionship in

manner, the match lasting about 35 minutes with Rumjahn win- ning 6-2, 6-1, *****

It was early evident that flumJahn was bent on shortening the rallies as much as possible. He awept immedi ately into a strong attack throwing Leung out of stride with his fine

the length drives which sear

searched corners. Whenever, opportunity oc- al- curred he advanced to the net, though from here he did not reap a maximum number of points, the tactics had their desired effect and en- couraged Leong to make insty strokes,

and

The match went more or less as I had anticipated. While Rumjahn had sufficient control over his pacy ground shota to prevent Leong from settling down to his normal stroking, the Indian was a

ras a certain winner. Leong found it necessary to reduce by half his long and deliberate back-swing on the forehand and this meant his shots The loser did his lost accuracy,

utmost to keep the rallies going, but invariably Rumjam, flashed out a winning drive to either corner. Per- haps his best shot, because, like the clever spin bowler using the googly

a backhand ho used it sparingly, was drive to the forehand corner which made the ball go away very quickly and unexpectedly. This shot was re- served for the occasion when he had Leong anticipating a return to the backhand court. Not once did it fall

to score.

· MARKED CONFIDENCE Rumjahn played with marked con- fidence, and on a court which was in- to be slow because of its clined

obtained nature, he

a

usic amount of pace from his

hots. I was particularly impressed with the perfect length which Rum- jalin maintained with both forehand and backhand drive. He committed a few volleying errors, but also effect- ed some of his most, telling strokes froin this position. Overhead he was fautiess and tucked away winners with commendable skill.

Leong could not strike a length and

his drives which landed half court only served to make things casier for Rumjahn, le scored with some ex- cellent passing shots, but these were not sufficiently consistent to yield him more than an occasional point. ills great need was the ability to find the corners with the same accuracy na Rumnjalin. But he was so much on the defensive that one could easily understand his difficulty in this ros peet.

VETERANS LOSE CHANCE

Lending 4-1 and 40-15, Ng Szc- kwong and Hon Luen-fung appeared safe to win the first set against A. V. Gosano and A. V. Remedios in yester- day's men's doubles quarter-final. Then Ng made à serious mistake and the Portuguese couple recovered so well that they won the set at 6-4 and walked away with the second at 6-1.

Cosano and Remedios started very shaklly and so many blunders nccrued from their rackets that Ng and Hon had only to keep the ball in play to be certain of the point. Gosano (Continued on Page 9.)

End Of Tennis Championships In Sight

THE CONCLUDING STAGES

Arrangements for playing the semi- Anal and final matches in the open tennis championships of the Colony have been completed by the Hong- are sponsoring the kong C.C., who tournaments.

To-morrow, E. C. Fincher and W.

C. Hung will meet Wong Fuk-nam and Lal Kwai-fun in the semi-finals

A. V. Gosano makes a smash against Ng Sxe-kwong and Hon Luen-fung during yesterday's tennis championship match. A. V. Remedios, his partner watches to see the effect of the stroke. (Picture by staff photographer).

CHANCE FOR

UNIVERSITY:

LATEST

SWIMMERS HOMESIDE

· FOOTBALL RESULTS

INTERNATIONAL

RIVALRY

HIGH STANDARD WILL BE SET

(By W. J. Howcroft) England's leading University swim- mers will welcome the clinnce of .competing at the International Uni- versity Games in Paris next August. Probably the Selection Committee will make it a condition that all re- presentatives must be capable of certain standard which would be equal to the time recorded for the sixth place in the men's events, and the fourth place in the women's events at the last University Games, held n Budapest in 1935. I have no record of the times or placings in the women's contests, but the appended list of the Arst and sixth times in the men's events al Budapest will give ap klen of the standard required.

100 metres Freestyle-1st, 59.41.;

03.25...

Oth.

400 metres Freestyle—1st, 5m. 2.2s.;

5m.. 379.

1,500 metres Freestyle-1st. 20m. 53.6s.; 6th. 22m. 27.8s.

200 metres Breast stroke-1st. zm. 66.6s.; G. 3m. 3s.

100 metres Backstroke-1st, Im 11.88.; 6th. im. 14.6s.

There are six, perhaps eight, men,

whose performances, approximate MARY HEELEY TRIUMPHS OVER KAY

STAMMERS IN STRAIGHT SETS

Miss Heeley's Busy Day

Miss Mary Heeley, the lawn tennis player, played two' somi-finals and three finals at the Harrow (Herga) tournament on one day last month.

When she walked on the court for the fifth time. she It was so dark, however, after one set carried a glass of milk. of the mixed doubles that the players-C. E: Hare and Miss Heeley v. F. H. D. Wilde and Miss M. Whitmarsh-agreed to divide the honours.

The

Miss Heeley started by losing the women's singles final to Miss Dorothy Round. She then partnered Miss Round to win the semi-final and final of the women's doubles. mixed doubles semi-final followed, in which Miss Heeley and C. E. Hare were victorious. Then came the last final, darkness

and a well-earned rest for Miss Heeley.

of the open doubles, and on Friday NEW U.S.

S. A. Rumjahn will play E. C. Fincher

in the semi-finals of the singles.

If the weather does not interfere with the competition, all the matches should be finished by next week. On Monday, April 20, EL D. Rumjahn. and F.. H. Kwok will meet in the other semi-final singles match, and on Tuesday Wong Shiv-wing and Luk Ding-cheong wil

the will play either. Rumjahn cousins or A. V. Gosano and A. V. Remedios.

The

singles final will be decided on Wednesday, April 28; the Club Cham- planship on Thursday, April 29; and the Open Doubles Final on Friday, April 30,

Booking for these matches (except the Club Championship) is now open at Moutcle's. The entranco to the stand is $1, inclusive of tax,

The prize-giving will take place immediately after the Anal of the doubles.

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BOXING

"HOPE"

A HEAVYWEIGHT AMATEUR OF PROMISE

Experiments Tried By Rugby Union

IMPROVEMENTS OF THE RULES

1.

MAKES BRILLIANT COMEBACK IN HERGA TOURNEY DOUBLES THRILLS

to

the standards for the men's frecatyle events, and two for the men's back- Oxford, Digby Young stroke. At stands out os, a sound 66sec man for 100yds., figures equal to 63scc. for the 100 metres. He is also useful over 220yds., and, therefore, avaliable for the four-a-side 200 metres relay.

in

A. W. Young (London), a younger brother of the Dark Blue, may also come under consideration. He arrived.

Melbourne last from London Autumn with a record of 62sec. for 100yds. He has, however, improved since, judging by his easy win in the By Ulyss Rogers

London Universilles' 100yds. cham- in Miss Mary Heeley, once Great planship, which he won unpressed

00.2-5sec. N. Pooler (London) will Britain's No. 1, whether in trou-alsa come into the reckoning. Last sers, skirts, or striped shorts, season he was a sound 50sec. man, seems bent on staging a great but during the winter he has fre quently beaten 57secs., for 100yds. in lawn tennis comeback.

friendly matches..

If her playing at the Herga (arrow) tournament recently is any criterion, she will be taking a leading place once more in British tennis.

Great Britain's present No. 2, Miss Kay Stammers, went down to her in the semi-final of the singles.

NOTABLE BROTHERHOOD

At Cambridge, the Fraser brothers are swimming extremely well. Simon Fraser is capable of 57sec. for 100yds, and is relatively ns good over all dis- tances up to 440yds. Peter Fraser the Cambridge centered away with

The left-hander from St. Albans made too many mistakes to hope for survival against the deadly accuracy Freshmen's 100yds. in 50sec. last of the stream of hard drives that November, and a fortnight ago swam flowed from Miss Heeley's racket. an unpaced quarter of a mile in 5min. Kuy was squarely Hecicy

beaten 2-0, 40. 45sec. Afterwards Miss

staved

sensation!

often shows

London, Apr. 18. The following are the results in to- day's English and Scottish Football League matches.

ENGLISH LEAGUE Third Division (North)

1 Oldham

Barrow Crowe Halifax Tranmere

Wrexham

CardET

1 Blockport,

4 Darlington

1 Accrington

· 2 Mall

Third Division (South)

4 Aldershot

SCOTTISH LEAGUE

Hearts Hibernian Metherwell

2 Clydo

• Dundee

4 Falkirk

-Reuter.

CITY AND SUBURBAN BETTING

75 TO 20 PRICE IS QUOTED

London, Apr. 19. The peculiar price of 75 to 20 was taken and offered for William of Valence during to-day's call-over for the City and Suburban Handicap. tlic this being the shortest odds of session.

The call-over prices, were as fol. lows:

75 to 20 William of Valence (t and

0)

15 to

2 His Grace (0) 8 to 1 (i

17 to

2 Lovely Rosa (0) 9 to 1(t)

100 to

8 Reward (0)

100 to

6 Esquemeling (1 and o)

Alulas (t and o)

Pappas Grass (0) Hollands (0)

Kippontor (0)

20 to 1 Orichalque (o) 22 to. 1 (t)

Astyanax (0) 22 to 1 (1) British Qusta (0) 22 to 1 (1)

20 10 1 Edgchili (0)

Hypothesis (0)

The Blue Boy (a)

23 to 1 Dytchley (0) 40 to 1 Gynerlum (0) 50 to 1 (t) G6 to 1 Pigskin (0)

-Router.

CALL-OVER ON -THE-DERBY.

FAIRFORD STILL FAVOURITE

There is another speedy freestyle for the time being

man available in Percy Rostall. Two con- defeat of Miss Dorothy Round and years ago, when a junior, he herself by that most promising girl slstently returned 50 sec. for 100yds. of the younger school Miss Valerie but he failed to reproduce this paco. Scoll, last year's junior champion, when he left the junior ranks. Last

rid that always promising g-player,

year he took matters easily, and-now- Miss Mary Whitmarsh..

he is at Manchester University I shall The two younger players set not be surprised in the least if he about the more experienced pair in ands his best form as a result of a great style, won the first set 6 year's rest from strenuous work. and ran to 5-2 in the second.

There are two first-clues backstroke Miss Whitmarsh coyness about

accepting victory then in the Sheffield representative,

London, Apr. 10. when it is almost in her hands, and M. Taylor, and the London Univer-

Fairford remained at top price in the to-day's Darby call-over, the ruling All Rugby League followers now she began to make errors, find-sily man, K. T. Scott. Last

ing the net with her volleys and Taylor was erratic. He won

United Universities Championship, re-quotations being A young boxer

to amed Don are watching with interest the hitting critical shots astray. Hitherto turning 655cc. for 100yds, backstroke,

1 Fairford (0) 19 to 2 ( Koons, who has

then failed completely in the National,100 to. 11 Le Grand Dao (6) 10 to victories in 20 boats just "for the experiments being made by the she had been magnificent."

1 (1) Ers Backstroke, but late in the season he fun of it has announced any Rugby Union with the object of

He puriner, serving

13 to 1 Perifox (t and o) os they de fard's British record. Scott, when it, 100. to. 6 The Hour ( and o) cash led to them.

obstruction and offside at the served, held on

20 to marsh recovered her touch in the will be certain of selection if he de- "It's like this," Koons said. "I like scrummages.

1 Snowfall (0) ninth game, and the pair at length cides to go into training, to fight, and have gone over swell as

vantage point. reached 5 and

little point for set and Just one match. But Dorothy in the left-hand court pulled the game level, and she and Mary finished off the set 7-5.

Cincinnati, O.

London,

season

THEN CAME SNOW end was only 1-6sec., outside John Des-f more punelies he takes will have seeking a remedy for deliberate trenting the liantly, Miss Whit- is capable of 60sec. for 100yds., and

an amateur, But while I do get some The rules with which the Rugby kick in winning these Bghts, the Union are experimenting, or similar reason for staying non-pro for a ones, have been in operation in

and it couple of years is to get experience. Rugby League for years.

could have done right well fighting would be far from the truth to claim for money six months or maybe a that they are's completo success. Before this the match had been year ago, but didn't have the experl- ence to do any better than pretty well The Rugby League even go farther suspended by a thick snowstorm that

plug

{lian, drawing and boy, someday, after. I

an Imaginary lue caused a great scurry of players and

spectators to the pavilion. around in prelims for a year or so, through the middle of the pack, be-

Now the snow was falling again. yond which players must not advance I'm going on up to the top.

until the ball has been heeled. They At 2-all in the final set, Whitmarsh serving, the umpire wiped a mass of "I went out to Los Angles tast order the halfback to retire behind snowflakes out of his eye and every- December and won the Southern the pack inmediately he has put the body called it a day. California Golden Gloves champion- | ball In

slip from the best fellow I ever

Watched fight

*

and one of the best I've ever Further, it is the definite instruc- Then I came back tion that the loose forward must not here and took the Cincinnati GG pack at the side of the scrum. tournament. Koons modestly ex- plained if it were possible for him to

-SCRUM OFFENCES

Fight To Keep Sport

enter the Chicago tournament, he Even with these two rules operat- might, although he is losing interesting in the Rugby League it has nol in the amateurs.

proved sufficient to eliminate offside | 66,

"Now the reason I haven't been in and obstruction at the scrummage, "Clean"

any hurry to go pro is because. I've

still got a long time in the ring," It is the human element which Koons explained. "I'm only 22, and has so far beaten all attempts to now am going out for the money solve scrummage problems in both

Cockermouth.

Sirict precautions are being taken

from Gamblers and crooks.

in a small way. Just a small way, Uulon, and League, and in the Rugby to protect a popular northern sport

has prevented. the so I can get prelim fights for a yearLeague

for

Коопа amateur career in the

Fame

The sport is hound trailing, which opens its season recently.

The Hound Trailing Association has

plans to prevent attempts to gain un fair results and betting coups in the coming season.

Aren groups have been thened, and more scouts recruited to guard every trial.,

streng-

Foray

-Reuter..

We have Pleasure in Announcing that we have appointed

Messrs.

John D. HUTCHISON & Co.

or so to get scasoned without having play-the-ball rule achieving the pur- my chin pushed up to my eye-poso for which it was introduced. brows,"

In the Rugby Union experimental heavyweight division has been im-game at Leicester the players held pressive. Ohio and California sports themselves back somewhat, being writers have predicted great things careful not to transgress the experi

him.

mental rule, which represents the Several Cincinnati, mann- gers are trying to pull him into their difference between a purely experi- stables. The two matches he lost in mental match and a competitive one.

Penalties for waylaying hounds 20 starts were his third and atth,

Before the Rugby Union can de-

during a race, or practising them and they

have been buried under cide whether any suggested new rule

the night before in the vicinliy nine knockouts,

of a meet may mean lifetime is a good one it should stand the test His trainere, including Jim Jefferies of a county championship or inter

and possibly criminal —say, he, has the makings of a cham- national match, in which there is the plan,

real competitive spirit. ・・

About 400 trials will take place in Koons looks like.. Bob Nestell,

North Cumberland, Westmorland, The Rugby League for years have Lancashire, South Scotland, and current Pacific Coast sensation who won

the 1035 Los Angeles Golden been searching for a solution of parts of Northumberland, Durham, Gloves heavyweight title and Imme-these problems, and have not suc- and Yorkshire this season. diately went professional to score 11 ceeded, even though they have four "Hunting," without a fox, the knockouts in 18 matches. Once, fewer forwards with whom to con-hounds follow a man-made trait of Koons was latroduced as Nestell, the tend. The human element beats anlaced, turpentine, and oil for 10 resemblence is so great..

them every time.--Reuter.

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