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THE HONGKONG: TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, APRIL 30-9-1987.6.

Rumjahn Cousins Meet In Colony Tennis Championship Final For The First Time

A. L. Sullivan (right) and M. Pagh, caught in action by the camera during yesterday's Club Championship final. (Photos by staff photo- grapher).

PAGH'S DEFICIENCY IN STROKE EQUIPMENT EXPOSED BY SULLIVAN IN

CLUB TENNIS FINAL

(By "Veritas”)

A. L. Sullivan beat M. Pagh 6-3,1 6-2, 2-6, 6-2..

BIG MATCH TO-DAY: WHY I THINK S. A. WILL WIN

(By "Veritas")

THE question to be settled on the stand

court of the Hongkong Cricket Club this afternoon is whether S. A. Rumjahn wins the singles tennis championship of the Colony for the fifth time, or whether his cousin, H. D. Rumjahn inscribes his name on the trophy for the first time in his long

career.

Everybody is anticipating an exciting and colourful display of tennis, and I don't think the cousins will disappoint. Both, have the happy knack of pulling out their best shots on such oc casions, and as their present-minute form is first- rate, a memorable match is likely.

S. A. Rumjahn will start favourite. but you won't find anybody willing to quote long odds against H. D. In the normal Rumjan's chances. course of events there is so little to choose between the two, that it's Temonade on the

a lemon squash to

result. Sirdar has chalked up quite

a few championship victories over H.D., his last, and most important; Sullivan also used the court better, being in 1935, when they met in the coming in when opportunity present-semi-final, Strdar winning in straight ed itself and volleying well enough to scta after a pulsating first set which score regular points from the fore- went to 20 games,

Sullivan was a very good winner, making his shots firmly and con-

Pagh's inadequacy of stroke equipment was completely ex-court. posed in yesterday's Hongkong Cricket Club championship final, when he lost to Sullivan in four Bats.

"Pugh's forehand driving consiently paved the way for the castest

trop shota, or the simplest of volleys, but he knew not how to go about either shot. Consequently he tried to drive from halt court which usually meant one of two things-a netied or over- driven ball, or a return to Sullivan who

lost no

no time in turning such good fortune to account.

Pagh also revealed a defensive weakness on the backhand wing, and Sullivan, old campaigner ds he is, needed no second bidding to play on that hand as much as possible. Thus Sulivan, was generally dictating the

terme.

Pagh made a good effort to re- trieve

a lost cause in the third set when he forced matters successfully against a firing opponent, but the ten minutes rest did Sullivan a lot of good and he came back as fresh as ever to monopolise the fourth sot.

fidently.

AMAZING MOBILITY

It was Sirdor's amazing mobility which enabled him to win that set Fagh

will have to dolarge his stroke and to decide there and then the Will the equipment if he is to meet with outcome of the match.

A same factor dominate to-day's de- successes in tournament play. forehand drive, no matter how good cision? His speed about the court is RA enormous advantage to S. A, it be; is hardly sufficient.

Rumjahn, because with this fast movement he has allied the ability to hit winners from losing positions.

better H. D. Rumjahn is still the

will be. stroke

he always cal player: But S. A. possesses the

Players On

Excellent and characteristic study of H. D. Rumjahn, who meets his cousin, 5. A. Rumjahn in the Colony tennis final this afternoon. (Picture by staff photo grapher).

HOW THEY

REACHED

THE FINAL

This is how S. A. Rumjohn and H. D. Rumjahn reached the final of the Colony singles tennis championship.

S. Á, RUMJAHN

1st round beat A. L. Sullivan 6-4,

G-3.

IMPORTANT

TASK. FOR TSUI

IN DAVIS CUP TO-DAY

(By "Veritas")

in the Yesterday's matches Davis Cup tie between China and New Zealand worked out as I 3rd round beat A. Crawford 6-4, anticipated. The effect is

make to-day's doubles match 6-1.

prime importance.

2nd round beat F. Grose 6-3, 7-5,

4th round beat P. Kong 6-4, 6-3.

Semi-final beat E. C. Fincher 6-4,

H. D. RUMIAHN

The Ice Come qualities A losing stroke off the 6-4, 6-3.

To Blows

With nearly five seconds to go in the first match of the initial round of the Coronation Cup series at Harringay between Ilarringu) Racers and Brighton Tirers, two players came. to. blows. In mid-lec and it look

other players a

wrong foot means nothing

40

to

of

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI RACING IS COMPARED

·CAPT. FOSTER'S OPINIONS

(By "Captain Foster")

Our Northern racing enthu- siasts have taken exception to "Junior's" letter which recently appeared in the North China Daily News, apropos the relative merits of Shanghai and Hongkong pony racing. It was to be expected that this subject would cause controversy in the Northern port, but I see no necessity to condemn Hongkong's handicapping.

Chinese

are

It is a common knowledge among the racing fraternity that the Shang- hai Race Club is the only club to hold its head above water while the

racing clubs

to weather tha two struggling hard storm. The Kiangwan course, with its beautiful palatial grand stand end once the pride of Shanghailanders where

laca of dollars slipped many

U.S. ATHLETES' BUSY TIME

New York.

The United States Amateur Athletic Union is to send a team of 20 men to compete in the international athletic meet-" ing to be held at the White City on Bank Holiday Monday, August 2.

The United States have several other international en- season. A gagements this

team of 15 athletes is to com- pete in Japan in August, a team of 10 men in France in the same month, and a team of 30 will represent America against a European team at Stockholm. also in August..

A complete American team will also take part in the Pan- American Games at Dallas

(Texas)

from June 30 to July 3

4TH EXTRA RACE

over the parl-mutuel counters, has MEETING

been deserted, the last meeting held there being on June 13 and 14 of last year. ine

(By "Captain Foster")

Extra Race The Fourth Meeting, which was postponed owing to the lamentable death ・・ of the popular Chinese jockey Mr. S. Y. Liang, will be held to-morrow at

Happy Valley, the first saddling bell being rung at the usual time 1.30 p.m.

the

Owing to the controlling interest held by the Shanghai Race Club as well as from an economical point of view, the International Recreation Club of Klangwan held the balance of their 1938 meetings on the town course and met with little success. The attendances at Yangtszepoo the auspices of the meetings under Chinese Jockey

little Club were a better than our Macao Jockey Club's the 1030 Racing races. In bere Record of

that the stakes in some events at There has not been any decided Yangiszepos were very low, the ratio, change in the form of ponies but one

$43.75 being $105 for the Orst pony,

to state that Happy Eve,

third place. for the second and $20.25 for the winner of the Hongkong Derby, is The cash sweep of the under a cloud and the mare's pros- Shanghal Race Club has lost all its peet of starting in the main event;

Is to be hoped that the popularity and it is

St. George's Plate, is very re-

mutuels will be better favoured by if the

Shanghai, I found

regrets

The introduction of two-dollar pari- | mole, meeting had been held last I fear that Choy has little chance of the betting pubile. It may be of Saturday, Mr. LiPo-chun's he winning a singles, and China is to interest to know that this innovation sion Time would not have weighed survive the first round, the doubles of two-dollar betting was first intro-out for the St. George's Pinte, but in to-day must be won. This is where duced by the Hongkong Jockey Club the likely absence of Happy Eve Teul Wal-put has an opportunity of at their Eighth Extra Race Meeting there is every possibility of the maro held on October 6, 1934, but was accepting to-morrow, In any case coming into the limelighti

reverted back to $5 at their Tenth the main event will not draw more and the likely 2nd round beat Chan Kam-hưng

To his many admirers who are hop-Extra Mecting held on November 3 than four runners 6-2, 6-2.

starters are Baffin Bay, Expansion ing against hope that Tsui will help of the same year.

Time, Havoc Eve and Potentate. 3rd round beat W. J. Howard 6-2, Kho to win this vital encounter, it SOME CONVINCING STATISTICS am afraid that it is going to be a I am glad that "Junior" had taken tame affair. Expansion Time should comforting to know that Tsui is as ~~4th" round beat Leing ring-chut good-a-doubles-player-as-ho is in back with him some good memoirs have no difficulty in crossing the

of our Easter Meeting, but it was wire first with Havoc Eve "following" singles. You will find some prepared pity that he did not compile a in the rear 6-2, 0-1.

to claim that he is a vastly stranger statistics of the margin of defeats to

NOVICES' RACE Semi-final beat F. H. Kwok G-2, doubles than singles player, backing substantiate his argument in the Judging by the training times re- up this contention by reference to matter of close finishes. We had al- turned last Wednesday morning the the brilliant display he gave last year together 20 races for the two days Hunchbacks Plate to be ridden by novices will be a hard race in which. Of the entrants, to spot the winner. National Anthem put up a wonderful gallop covering furlongs in 1.30.3/5 and the last quarter was run in 80.4/5 seconds. Mr. S., W. Tang will be the Jockey and the combination does not require any introduction.

6-0, 6-4.

ho will repeat the shot in precisely the same manner the next moment

1st round beat Luk Chun-cheang and the second time make it a win- | 6-1, 7-5. ning point. He is, if one might use the simile, the A. P. F. Chapman of Its attitude to the local tennis. game is cure-tree and joyous. He outright makes his shots to score

if winners It is at all possible, 6-1. maskce whether the stroke breaks ali the laws of tennis.science, just as officials to separate them. The result of the match

Chapman goes all out to hit boun- Was darics and sixes, though in doing so draw, one all, after three periods of he often makes the theorists shudder overtime. hod been played. "Over- with his technique. In the main it was a match of time was necessary, as in this tourna The loss of a few games' mean baselino driving, producing fast met the teams meet each other onli❘ httle to Sirdar. Usually he is far railles. Pagh evidently hoped to find onee. Sullivan at variance with himself

more dangerous an opponent when Tigers were booed by the crowd of he is trailing. H. D. has not quite from the baseline, but the positions 5,000 when they took the ice for the the same fighting spirit. It is usual- became reversed. It was Pagh who first overtime period.

ly necessary for him to get on top lacked stability off the ground. At the end of the ordinary time from the start and to remain on top Sullivan drove perfectly, his most Kelly, who had been cheered to the if he is to win. notable shots being on the backhand. ocho at Harringay recently as the This is not intended to convey He obtained fine control over the ball hero of the England team In the that he cannot win from a losing from the start, and it is a long time World Championships, was booed by position, but comparatively speaking, since we have seen such brilliant | local supporters whenever he had the Sirdar is mentally and physically backhand driving by a local, player, | puck.

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botter squipped for such an effort and in the long run is more likely to accomplish it than his cousin.

WHY SIRDAR SHOULD WIN

CORRESPONDENCE Apropos The C.B.A. Hockey Protest

Short Head

A Head

such

in helping to deprive the Rumjahn with the following verdicts: cousins, of the Colany title. Tsu has always played a fine brand of doobies tennis in Hongkong, and with an Inspiration as Kho to support him, I do not doubt that he will come up to expectations at Brighton to-day.

Malfroy and Stedman, of course. are a fine combination, and can point to a number of Impressive achieve- ments in the field of international tennis. They will be hard to beat, but not impossible.

HOW CHOY LOST

A Neck

Half-a-length One Length 14

20

races

."

xix

Tabby Cat with Mr. Choy Wing- chiu was sent over a mile and the clrcuit was cantered in 2.27.4/5. It was not, I admit, a fast gallop but the style in which Tabby Cat covered the last three-quarters was very im- pressive. The last stanza was done In 30.2/0 seconds while the last half-

"The Sports Editor,

Hongkong Telegraph Sir,It is with a feeling of utmost

A verdict up to Length and a hall disgust that I criticise the decision by

is considered good handicapping, and the Executive Committee of the

on this basis the above results Mamak Tournament in dismissing the

analysed reveal that 14 events (or C.B.A.'s protest. Rule 20 in the Om- Reuter, commenting on yesterday's say 70%) come under this category a-mile was performed in 1.04. This Both players have enjoyed an car cial Handbook reads "A player may match between A. C. Siedman and and six races (or say 30% were was not bad for a sub-griffin. Al- passage to the final, Sirdar having:

not play for more than one club in W. C. Choy, In which the met only one obstacle in the shape one season without permission from Zealander won 0-4, 0-0, 0-2, save won by a margin of two lengths and though the whole time (2.18.1/5) for of Teddy Fincher. The manner In

the mile was good, I certainly did the

Executive Commites and the that Choy was impressive in the first it will serve no purpose to enter not like Declasse (Mr, C. L. Gregory) which he obliterated him was but

Clubs concerned". After reading set, when he indulged in clever lobbing into controversy As another illustration of the fact that yesterday's report on the subject, 3, and cool baseline driving. By such Shanghai gentleman in charge

ไท whether | for he was crawling in the home the better the opposition, the better being one of many, was curious 10 tactles he caused Stedman to do a lot handing out the weights is a better Air Mail is the pony to be watched. of stretch. The last bit was 36 seconds. S. A. Rumjahn.

know how the violation of this rule of running.

handicapper than Hongkong's weight| My final selections will appear to- was "got around”. I now have plea-

(Continued on Page 9.)

morrow. sure in giving hockey enthusiasts the official "rensons"; -

Taking the long view, which in- cludes his previous successes against H. D. Rumjahn, together with factors such as stamina, his ability to apply pressure at any moment' and 'his

1. "C. Singh is a Registered Man. sicil in directing and sustaining aber of the Radio Sports Club but not forecourt attack, I think S. A Registered Member of the K.I.T.C." Humjahn will win this afternoon.

New

But the New Zealander was equal to the occasion. He led 2-1, 3-2, 4-3, and was then caught at four-al.

Afterwards Choy did some good re- trieiving, but he was erratic and later netted or outed almost everything. As in the case of Fincher, H. D. 2. "It was admitted in evidence Rumjahn's chief chance of becoming that C. Singh did play for the Stedman took command and out- champion is to win quickly, The K.I.T.C. In the match K.LT.C. 'B' va. mansuevred the Chinese, whose back- longer the match is extended the Argonautas and as such it was for the hand falled. Choy's service was also less hopes he has.

latter team to protest-if they con- weak and he served several double But it should be a grand contestsidered It necessary against the faults. and the stand court should be filled KIT.C. 'B'. No such protest lins,

Kho Sln-kir was nearly always to capacity for it.

however, been received. It is fur- ther pointed out that C. Singh went master of Malfroy, and he conceded to this match as a spectator and was, the third set mainly because he be- came careless. When he reasserted called upon to play by the K.I.T.Chimself he was able to dictate terms. who were two men short. He play

ONE THOUSAND

GUINEAS:

NEW PROBABLES AND STARTERS

London, Apr. 20.

ed with a borrowed hockey stick and

The matches are being played on

at

In ordinary clothes and was under the hew £50,000 hardcourts the impression that the game was a Brighton, and the results so dur pre: "friendly"."

Kho Bin-kie (China) beat C. E. 3. "Seeing that C. Singh la Maliroy (New Zealand) 0-0, 6-3, 4-6, member of the Radio Sports Club and 6-2. has naturally played for the Radio

Sports Club whenever called upon to W. C. Choy. (China) lost to A. C. An amended list of probable starters do so before and after the anatch re- Stedman (New Zealand) 4-0, 0-6, 2-G. and jockeys for the One Thousand play for the Radio Sports Club in the ferred to, he was therefore eligible to Guineas race was announced to-day as match to which your protest refers."

follows.

I ask you!

Jones rides E.Ç.B., Sibbritt will

DISGUSTED. mount Sweet Content, Smirke will ride.

The statement that two members Daring Duchess, Bridgland has Colette Badouche, Harry Wreag is given Field withdrew from the meeting thereby, Fare, Lowrey rides Lady of Milan, nulliäed the Executive Committee.

THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD. Herbert mounts. Burlington Lass and under Rule 7,50 per cent, shou form

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three goals. to nil--Reuter.

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