THE... HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
THURSDAY,
APRIL 22, .1937.
FINCHER AND HUNG CRASH INTO TENNIS FINAL
SWEEP WONG AND LUI
OFF THE COURT
WIN TWELVE GAMES IN
A ROW: LOSE TWO IN THREE SETS
(By "Veritas")
E. C. Fincher and W. C. Hung beat Wong Fuck-tiam and Lut Kwai-fun, G-0, 0-0, 6-2.
SELDOM, if ever before, has
All four indulged in fireworks, the ball being hit hard whether off the ground, on the volley or over- head. Thus the rallies, short though
they were, were also fascinating and
exciting.
such a debacle been seen in * Colony tennis championship
D. Rumjahn played brillant semi-final. than in this match tennis--much more like his old self. on the Stand Court of the His return of service was the best Hongkong Cricket Club yes-seen yet in the tournament and when terday.
Forty minutes were required for the three sets. and the losers did not win a game until they had conceded the first two sets to love.
+
a winning shot was needed it was usually H. D. who supplied 11. -
Gosano provided some high spots, Re- but he was not steady enough. medios, though more restrained. performed the
st vital work. Gosana excelled in forehand driving but was inconsistent from the net.
But weak though the opposition was, it is still to the credit of Fincher
S. A. Rumjahn went through his and Hung that they played tennis good enough to win them the cham-customary aptisms, now playing like Hung, apparently deter- n genius, now, like a second rater. pionship mined to efface memory of his But his brilliance outweighed his performance in the quarter-finals, the minhas looked as food as they played dazzling tennis, and with the Rumjahns Fincher Inspired by such a lead, the have been for the last three years. pair swept all before them. I doubt even if the Rumjahn cousins would have withstood such a withering at- tack.
Any lob short of a length was put coufluence, away with the utmost
while both in ground strokes and on the volley Hung and Fincher were infinitely belter than the losers.
HUNG'S IMPROVEMENT Hung's improved forehand drive must have gladdened the hearts of his friends, but much more impres sive was his overhead. He employed his strokes determinedly, and il- winners, though he hit for
his errors were remarkably few.
Fincher also touched top form. very much noted, how onc und atendier was his forehand driving.
well times the shot was Several
outright, placed to score
these though Lui contributed to
service points by following up his badly.
enough
glorious be
Flacher made Rome voiloya when he appeared to well beaten by the ball, and try- ing to pass either player was na fullo as attempting to pass a dud banknote on a moneychanger,
RUMJAHN SHOULD
WIN TODAY
Kwok's Big Weakness
H.
(By "Veritas")
Everything points to D. Rumjahn to-day reaching the final of the Colony aingles the tennis championship for second time in his career.
the
He meets Frank H. Kwok, Chinese Recreation Club left-hander in the semi-final, the match being
Stand Court attraction.
I CAN'T FIGHT
-Doyle
"My Leg Hurts"
London, April 1.
"I'm terribly sorry, but really it's impossible for me to fight-my lee hurts," said Jack Doyle lasi sight.
Ireland's handsome heavyweight had returned disconsolaty to Wind- or from a Londan medical consulta- tion which had resulted in his con- lest with King Levinsky, the United States ex-fishmonger, at Wembley, being declared "off"
"It seems all bad luck for me these "First the days." Doyle complained. trouble with any wife, Judith, and now this leg injury Just when I was [eeling fine.
"It was skipping in the gym that did it. I noticed a twinge in my leg at first; then it began to pain me when I put my foot to the ground, They tell me the calf muscles are damaged,
Too bad. I was looking forward to the fight and had been working hard. But I shall meet Levinsky later the show is only postponed."
£8,500 BOOKINGS
Doyle was examined by Mr. B. H. Burns, consulting orthopaedle sur- gron to St. George's Hospital, and by Mr. Wilfred Smith, manipulative surgeon. Their verdict was "rup- tured fibres of the calf muscles in the left leg."
The leg is to be put into plaster for three days, and it will be some timo before Doyle can resume
training.
His mishop is a bad
blow
for
Wembley Stadium. Only on Tuesday it was announced that Jock McAvoy, the middle-weight champion, had from his match with withdrawn Eddie Phillips owing to influenza, and now the main event has broken down.
The entire tournament has had to- Wong and Lut were thrown back
be postponed. The provisional new on the defensive from the opening
date is April 27, but this will depend entirely on Doyle's progress, service. But their defence was not
Wembley had sold £8,500 worth strong enough to withstand the con-
All these will be avall- After Rumjahn's Impressive show of tickets. nistent offensive of the winners. casionally they both made clever-and-ingainst Leong Ping-chui-and-able for the fresh date, but pur- looked to be winners; and when Lui Kwak's two very narrow escapes in ch application to the Wembley box courageous returns from
har
Dc-
shuts which
office.
had a chance to smash he usually previous rounds, one finds it dif- box- made the point. But both were ficult to contemplate anything but without decisive volleys and neither defeat for the Chinese player. had the ability to turn positions to advantage. Their services were too mediocre
Kwok, like so many of his com-
YACHT RACING
Sweepstake Event Yesterday
10 cause tir slightest patriots, is first and foremost a dew worry and usually the returns were fensive type of player, and as such swift enough to force an error as
I feel the server followed in for the volley. be requires time to make his strokes
if they are to be effective. Such a bad start clearly dispirited that hastened as he is bound to be them, and they did rather well to by Rumjahn's pacy shots, Kwok will win three games in the third set. At not be anything like so dangerous as noi no time did they raise their game against an opponent who had above that of average league tennis such a fast attack, standard, and against such a work manlike combination as Fincher and Hung, this proved quite inadequate. I think we can look forward to a first-rate final, and it Fincher and
his forchand Kwok can be exceed Isobel Hung can reproduce yesterday's form, they will win the champion-ingly dangerous and any player has
to be wary about raiding the net Joss ship.
when he can make a return on this hand.
PORTUGUESE GOOD LOSERS
A far better. spectacle was to be seen on the No. 9 court where the Rumjahn cousing battled with A. V. Gosano and A V. Remedios for en- try into the semi-final.
The Portuguese, though beaten in straight sets, were splendid losers, and the cousins had to pull out their best shots to win.
Rumjahn is pretty certain to con- centrate putting the ball to Carpenter
on Kwok's right hand corner, for the (Capt. D. M. Eley) left-hander is weak on this wing as Lobo
On young Kenneth Shute revealed.
E. C. Fincher makes a winning smash in yesterday's tennis championship semi-final. W. C. Hung, hir partner, is standing nearest the camera. (Picture by staff photographer).
SEAFORTHS' CHALLENGE FOR RUNNERS-UP POSITION
Three First Division Teams Complete
Their Season's Football Fixtures
M.C.C.'s £42,000
From Tour
BLC.C. have received £42,000 as their share of the proceeds of the recent tour in Australia.
Of this £34,428 was from Test follows: Brisbane, matches us
dney £3,602;
£4,500; Mel- bourne,
Adelaide, £12,710: £5.707: Melbourne, £7,909.
The other nineteen matches produced only £7,500.
As showing the special interest of Victoria in Test matches, games at Melbourne in the past 12 years have produced gates of £134,750 out of A total at £300.770.
·
Yesterday's three matches in the first division of the football league were significant. Two of the results intensified the race for runners-up position, with Seaforth Highlanders still offer- ing a powerful challenge to South China "A" and "B" team. The games were also noteworthy by the fact that they saw Kow- loon and Eastern complete their scason's fixtures, these together with Navy being the first teams in the division to do so.
The Highlanders were opposed to a weakened Recrelo team at Sookun- poo, but they did not have too much to spare in winning 3-1.
"Should Not Have Been Sent Off"
The F.A. Commission appointed to consider the circumstances of the ordering-off of Thayne, the Northampton Town centre half, in the Third Division match be- tween Luton Town and North- ampton met at Northampton.
The commission-Messrs. T. H. Kirkup, II. J. Haband,
and T. announced Thorne ometally their findings as being:
"That the offence reported by the referee as being committed by Thayne did not warrant his dismissal from the field."
form
Highlanders were quicker to settle) down and by half time had given themselves a comfortable lead of three goals. But in the second half
use it. Eastern, apparently weary of they were constantly on the defen- hand, yet rarely being called up to TOPWEIGHT WINS
sive and a little more accurate shoot football after the recent hectic fort- ing by the Recreio forwards would night they have passed through City And Suburban To have produced more than one goal, endeavouring to complete-league-fix- Webster at full back, Williamson tures before sailing for Manila, gave William Of Valence
at right half, Ayres, McGuigan and only occasional glimpses of Dick in the attack played excellent worthy of a first division side. London, Apr. 21.
football for the Seaforths. Recreio
South China piled on three goals The City and Suburban, run at were best served by B. Gosang in the first half, the first coming from Epsom to-day over a mile and a centre-half, Souza in goal, and Mar- Lee Shek-yau, the second from Cheuk quarter, was won by the topweight, ques and Ribeiro at full back. Gomes Shek-ham and the third from Chan William of Valenet. Result:
and Alves were clever on the left Tak-fal. Willian of Valence (Packham) wing, but the Portuguese forwards generally showed little idea of how Rippon Tor (Lowrey) Edgehill (E. Smith)
to shoot.. Betting: 11-4 William of Velence, 100-7 Rippon Tor, 20 Edgehill.
Won by three lengths; a head. Starters: William of Valence (Packham)
(Perryman), His Pampas Gruss
KOWLOON FINISH STRONGLY Grace (Cordon Richards), Esquemel-
Kowloon followed up their success ing (Bezant), The Blue Boy (Car- slake),
Rosi Lovely
(Weston), of last Saturday by beating St. Hypothesis (D. Smith), Rippon Joseph's 2-1 yesterday. This
Gynerium (W. Kowloon's last league match and they
A
1
3
Tor (Lowrey),
2
ward
Quota
A sweepstake race over 7.8 miles was contested by the Royal Hong- kong Yacht Club yesterday. Results: "A" Class. Started 14.45
Finished Corid,
17.23.09 17.07.21 (Mrs. E. R. Edwards)
17.19.53 (Maj. B. E. C. Dixon)
17.00.34 Cicada
(Capt. R. H. Bower) Kittiwake.... 17.27.47
(Miss P. M. King) Mixed Classes. Btarted 14.55
17.13.42 17.13.42 3 (Revd. E. D. A. Staunton)
-17.13.41 17.13.41 2 (Mr. C. Ross)
........ 17.22.48 17.15.00 4 (Mr. G. Moffatt Wilson)
17.27.39 17.18.33 5 (Cdr. W. S. Hall, R.N.)
Colleen
Kwok's chief chance of success would appear to lay in his ability to keep the exchanges alive sufficiently mis. loug for Rumjahn to commit takes. By such taelles he has a good Acricl hope of winning one set, but I feel thut either Rumjahn will have to be Alisa in shockingly bad form, or Kwok to
the Heron play tonnis-extraordinary, for Indian to lose.
D
De Luxe FORD
"There is no Comparison" WALLACE HARPER & CO., LTD,
Ford
223,
23, Nathan Road,
Kowloon.
Ford
2
Ayres, McGuigan and Dick netted for the Highlanders during the first the hall and Gomes replied for Recreio.
was
Home Football
FIGHTING AGAINST RELEGATION.
LEEDS, UNITED, WEDNESDAY
LUTON STILL IN PROMOTION RACE
London, Apr. 21.
The usual end of the season struggle to avoid relegation is going on in the first division of the English Football League.
Sheffield Wednesday to-day made a big effort to lift themselves from the foot of the table by going to West Bromwich Albion und winning 3-2.
On the other hund Leeds failed at to Wolves, while Manchester United, another threatened team, visited Sunderland and drew one- caco:
home
AL the present the three bottom places nre occupied by Manchester United with 32 points from 41 games, Leeds with 30 points from 40 games and Wednesday with 30 points from 40 games.
con-
Notts
In the third division, Luton tinued their challenge to County for the championship and by winning against Swindon 3-1, brought their tally of points to 54 for 40 games the County's 50 as compared with from the same number of matches. Nolls need three points from their remaining two crlcounters to make promotion a certainty.
To-day's results were as follows.
ENGLISH LEAGUE
0 Wolves
FIRST DIVISION
Leeds Sunderland
W. Bromwich
1 Manchester U.
2 Wednesday
• SECOND DIVISION
Nolls F.
3 Tottenham
THIRD DIVISION (30UTH)
Bournemouth Luton
3 Northampton 5 Swindon
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH)
Chester
York
6 Gateshead
3 N. Brighton
SCOTTISH LEAGUE ·
Partick
3 Hibernian AMATEUR INTERNATIONAL Scotland
3 Ireland
3
0
1
Reuter,
12,000 Miles To Be Knocked Out
After travelling 12,000 miles to ride on the speedway, Steve Lang- ton, a junior rider from Brisbane, was knocked unconscious and re- ceived leg injuries in his first race In this country at Hackney Wick last of the month.
Langton was not originally includ-
The first icen minutes second period saw a fine revival by Eastern, who attacked in fine style ed in the programme, but owing to and scored three goals in rapid suc- crashes and machine troubles there cossion. Chin Chung-yin obtained were not enough riders left to com- the frat, Soong Ling-sing the second pete in the third heat of the scratch and Fong Chul-sheung the equallser. race. Langton then volunteered,
On the first bend he hit an op- From that point South China "B" ponent's back wheel, charged side- again took charge and Chan Tak-fal ways across the track at 40 miles an
hour, and hit the safety fence. netted twice to win the match,
Rickenby), Edgehill (E. Smith), Re-finish with the following record D.N.F.
(Levett), Pigskin (Clinord Richards), Dytekley (Sirett), British
and
Hollands (Bartlam) (Wing). Reuter,
aci
Widgeon .... 17.20.24 17.11.18 1 (Miss H. Crawhali-Wilson) Nannette
17.33.41 17.24.35 0 (L. Cdr. W. H. Graves, R.N.) Gael
(Col. S. Sm457 17:34.48 7
Smith) Lola ....... D.N.F.
GOLF'S 14-CLUB PROPOSAL
DIES QUIET DEATH
(By Geoffrey Simpson)
Goals
P W. D. L. F A. Pts. 26
4 10
12
24
50 Eastern, having played and lost to the Navy 3-1 on Monday, and lost ogain to South China "B" yesterday 5-1. concluded their season with the following figures.
20
Goals P. W. D. L. F.
Pts, A. 14 8. 4
45 02 20 Navy played their lost game against Eastern on Tuesday and they moved: up to fifth position in the table as a result, their record being
Goals
P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts. 26 12 4 10 55 47 28 It was as well for Kowloon that Blake gave them a two-goal lead in yesterday's game against St. Joseph's. After the interval they were sorely pressed to keep the Saints from scor- Ing several times. But Kowloon boasted a brilliant defence in which outstanding as hall backs, Bowen's This gives a percentage of de-skill at full back also made on im- elmal seven. Clearly in need for portant contribution to the result. legislation restricting the number Up forward Kowloon were not the wild talk of the supposed evil of clubs was greatly exaggerated half so impressive, although Blake influence of the multiple-club man, The Secretaries Association Impiles deserved mention for his first half, cold figures are now produced to as much in the official Journal, opportunism. show that the subject need no longer though it hesitates to criticise the R.
somewhat bother us
and A.'s proposal.
to
The way is prepared for was found that only 503 regularly Honniball, Billes and O'Conner were golf's 14-club proposal to dio carry more than 14 clubs.
a quiet and unlamented death.
After all the drum benting, all
the
played St. Josep's
The Golf Club” Secretaries' „ Asso- What It door say is this: "When lethargie football and did not get into ciation has presented an Easter egg any important alteration of rules is their stride until the second half was the Royal and Ancient which in contemplation by the ruling body, advancing. Then they act up a series should save that sugurt body a lot it would surely be wise for
of attacks which tested the opposi of trouble.
R. and A. to consult the Golf Unions lead, but there the Saints' successos tion to the hilt. Hagen reduced the Having completed a census of 210 and the Professional Golfers' Ais golt clubs the Secretaries' Associa soclution?
stopped. has told the R. and A. that Jesu We soy unhesitatingly that the EASTERN'S VAIN RALLY than one player in a hundred carries opinions of these bodies on any paint moro than 14 clubs.
concerning the government of the Eastern went through a discourag- And it that has not killed the pro-game is worth having, and we hope ing experience on the eve of their
tion
YOU
ALL KNOW
ROSE'S LIME JUICE
BUT HAVE YOU TRIED
ROSE'S
DELICIOUS
GRAPE FRUIT
ORANGE
SQUASHES?
& LEMON
IDEAL FOR THE SUMMER
Sole Agents:
posni to limit the number of club that in future they will at least be departure for the Philippines, losing CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & Co., Ltd.
per person to 14, it has certainly consulted before any proposal is put 5-3 to South China. "B" at Caroling made it look sick.
forward which will have the effect H yesterday.
The playing membership of the of altering materially the playing of It was a poor game with the win- clubs circularised was 00,809, "It" the game."
nere always holding something | In
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