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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1937.

AMENDED INTERPORT RULES FINALLY APPROVED

BRILLIANT

JOHN BROMWICH

AUSTRALIA · FINDS GREAT TENNIS PLAYER

UNUSUAL STROKES

(By Jack Gurniher) United Press Staff Correspondent

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Los Angeles. Local terinis patrons, who thought they had seen all the sport could offer, decided the Kangaroo is as colourless wash day when stacked against the Australian Davis Cup team. The four men who are attempting to bring world tennis supremacy to the land from down under favoured bystanders with exhibition matches. and when they were all over everybody agreed that for double-barrelled, side- arm, fisted convulsions, the Aussies have no equal

the

two-

scene.

Two of the players are Jack Craw ford and Adrian Quist, old figures

International tennis in the Both are smooth, orthodox strokers. Crawford has won championships of his own country, France and Wimble- don. Quist held the Australian title A year ago.

But the second half of the team. Vivian McGrath and young John Bromwich, are ambidextrous free- wheelers who have everything in the; form books and more.

A tall, bronzed man with his hair set far back on his sloping forehead; McGrath serves with his right hand. Ilis forehand is similarly executed. But for a backhand return, he grips the racquet in both fists, jerks his strokes from the wrists and ignores everything but the last square foot in the corners.

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SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE QUALIFICATION RULE

Cricket Means £50,000 to Farmers

. Essex farmers have "grown" more than 100,000 cricket bats for the season just started.

Salixcaerulea, the tree that supplies 65 per cent. of the willow for all the bats, is a crop worth £50,000 to the farmers.

Cricket bat willows can be felled at 10 years of age and are usually worth £10 each. A well-grown tree may provide more than 200 bats.

And as England is the only country where the willows grow well, we supply the world.

TABLE TENNIS SENSATION

WORLD CHAMPION

SUSPENDED ASSOCIATION'S ACTION

Miss Ruth Aarons, the young American table tennis player, has been suspended by the English Table Tennis Association from participation in the game from April 20 June 30.

The ETTA. Issued the following statement.

PLAYER'S STATUS DEFINED

Shanghai To Confirm

(By "Veritas")

The H.K.F.A. sub-committee appointed for the purpose of re- vising the interport football rules have completed their struggle and last evening their amend. ments were formally adopted by the Council prior to despatch to Shanghai for the confirmation of the Shanghai Football Associa tion.

That tantalising old rule 12 has at last been put into simple and effec- tive terms, and the qualification of players for either port is now clearly defined. Acting on the advice of the previous Council meeting, the sub- committee eliminated the phrase "re- gular player", it being felt that the word

WRA open to more than one Interpretation. Wisely too, the committee cold-chouldered quasi- Jegal terms such as "bona-flde", and confined themselves to a very simple expression.

The amended rula, actually reads as follows:

.

W. C. HUNG.

CRICKET

PROBLEMS

"Only players participating in M.C.C. COMMISSION

APPOINTED

re-

football in either port and cognised by their Association shall be eligible to represent that port lu sball this compelliton. No' team Include more than three Service players."

TO-DAY'S

TENNIS FINAL

CHAMPIONSHIP FINISHES

FINCHER'S FIFTH ATTEMPT

(By "Veritas")

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The 21st Colony open doubles tennis championship final will be played on the stand court, Hongkong Cricket Club, this afternoon, at 4.30. The testants are S. A. and 11. D. Rumfahn v. E. C. Fincher and W. C. Hung.

con-

For the twelfth time in 13 years, the cousins S. A. and H. D. Rumjahn figure in the final of the Colony open doubles tennis championship. This afternoon they will start favourites in their quest to re- gain the title lost á year ago, but which they had previously held for eleven successive

years.

Their opponents are E. C. Fincher, who makes his fifth appearance in

th. final, and W. C. Hung, who has

Splendid action' picture taken by our staff photographer at Sunday's renched this stage of the champlon-Governor's Cup match, showing Rowanda leaping high to fist clear, with ship for the third successive year.

Lai Shui-wing in close attendance and E. Strange anxiously watching. Neither has won the title.

Thus we have four experienced In accordance with a resolution competitors taking part, though they │· passed by the Advisory Counts also have something more than ex- Cricket Committee on March 16, the parience. All four are capable M.C.C. Committee have appointed

of

"The Executive Committee of the The result is either an explosion

English Table Tennis Association has what.

which whips the ball on

of exhibitions examined the case straight line until it approaches the

given in this country for remunera- comer, where it spins like Christy

There is nothing ambiguous in this, by Mathewson's famed fadeaway, or a

Miss Buth Aarons, subsequently to dew-drop affair that spiruls high in

exiribitions been made a little more fool-proof permission for these air and drops the net area.

along

Executive

had it hiteluded a note to the effect McGrath in previous yeara

having been refused. The been a good but not brilliant singies Committee accepts the statement and that all players must play at least four consecutive games in their As- player,

but with Crawford, a crack notes the fact, not in dispute, that a sociation's competitions immcaiately doubles man. This season he defeat-contract for these exhibitions was

prior to the Interport. This would ed Quist for the Austrailan singles entered into by Miss Aarons in good huve covered, without further argu- crown, and may take over that post faith and in ignorance of the fact that ment, the position of a player trans- prior permission of the ETTA. ferred from one port to the other in play

should have been obtained.

the course of a season,

However, the sub-committee have a right to claim they have done their task well: These have been long- needed revisions, and I do not doubt but that Shanghai will heartily con- eur with the proposed ammendments. There was not a great deal of other meeting. Important business handled by the

tion, and on unaliated premises, although I think the rule could have the following commission to invest-high-grade tennis. It is arguable

In Davis

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"Amazing BROMWICH In Bromwich, however, tennis reaches its fullest Nower. Thals 18- year-old reached the finals of every tournament in Australia this year, and he illd it with the most widely developed repertoire of strokes to be seen on an American court.

Bromwich is a normal left-hander, but serves with his right. After he defeated Crawford In an exhibition, the spectators said they saw these shots:

1. Left forchands and left back-

hands.

2. Right forchands and right back-

hands.

"It accepts her assurance that sub- sequently to refusal of permission for these exhibitions she endeavoured, unsucessfully, to secure a release from the pertinent contruct. At the same time it is obliged to note that it is the duty of all players, whether resident

make visiting, familiar with the regulations govern- themselves their activity."

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US TO PROTEST

player, is uny less a fine exponent cricket: gate problems confronting first-class whether Fincher, as an individual Mr. W. Findlay, commissioner; of the doubles game than either S. Mr. ll. C. N. Palairei, aksistant. A. or H. D. Rumjahn. The four pre- commissioner; Mr. I. II. Mallett, vious times he has figured in the assistant-commissioner and secreti

final, Fincher has giver magnifi-

ary.

ODDS WITH THE COUSINS

for

It

U.S. GEORGE LOTT TRAINING

DAVIS CUP DOUBLES PAIR GENE MAKO'S TRAGIC BLUNDER OF LAST YEAR RECALLED

(By Henry McLemore)

United Press Staff Correspondent

In the

the

Mr. H. D. Bessemer, F.C.A., will cent displays. I do not think it is

New York. to do that many of the critics who The United States Davis Cup know the governing body of Tennis assist the Commission in an advisory unreasonable to claim that he would capacity on financial questions.. The bave been a title-holder but

in this country could scarce believe chance to chal- the news. The finest doubles player some erratte play by his partners. team lost its terms of reference are:

(1) To examine and report on Three times he has come within, na

lenge England for the trophy this country has ever produced, Lolt cup team which the present position of first-class ace of being one of the doubles last year when, from the depths will send out a

The young county cricket with a

view to champions

knows all the answers. of the Colony, and

of his inexperience, Youngsters may not be able to bring off assuring the future of the county is generally felt that it is time fate championship, Having special re-dealt him kindly and gave him an

Gene Mako elected to make the nil the shorts, but you may be sure gard to the dimeuitics, Anancial honour so richly deserved.

easiest sort of shot the hardest that they will take the court knowing

what to do. and otherwise, of counties com-

sort of way. peting in the championship, In-

SENT STOEFEN OFF COURT cluding: (a) methods by which

Budge Partnering Don But on the face of things, the odds KOTEWALL CÚP PLAY OFF the inconte of county cricket clubs

In winning at Wimbledon, Forest zone Anal, Make, Hills, Longwood, and on nearly all can be increased; (b) proposals are certainly with the cousins con- doubles against Australia in Upon the suggestion of Captain for any possible economies in the cerning the outcome of to-day's North American Philadelphia. P. W. G. Kimm, it was

present administration of county match. So much depends on Hung's with his side at match point, was the other ranking turf of the world, agreed to

form. Firstly whether he can sirike offered a soft lob set-up at the net. Lolt became immune to pressure. The suspension of Miss Ruth allow the Kotewali Cup replay be

cricket. Aarons, the American table tennis tween the Army

(2) To recommend any altera-it at its best and secondly whether Both his opponents, Jack Crawford The match point that Mako mutted and South China

hopelessly tlon in the existing rules and he can sustain it. He, on his part, and Adrian Quiet, were player, by the English Table Tennis A.A. to take place on Sunday next,

I remember watching him play Association, means that the United instead of Saturday. The chief rea- regulations which may be consi- has little to worry about regarding out of position. Ait Mako had to do would have been just another shot to match in the States Association will withdraw from son for this, it was explained, is be-dered. necessary, in order to give Fincher, who has played consistently to end the match was to tap the ball with Lester Stoefen in

well throughout the tournament and over the net anywhere. But he Queen's Club tournament at Lenodn. the International Federation, accord- cause on the Saturday most of South effect to any proposed reform.

is always equal to the big occasions. was too anxious to end the battle, Stoefen had been badly off his game" China's

Canton

throughout the match and so, when will be players

and end it in a spectacular manner, in engaged

match, 11

and their

It cannot be sald the cousins have So. rising up on his toes he put the opponents came to match point Aluman body.

absence might seriously. affect the

been exceptionally impressive, save everything he had into a backhand Lott halted the game and shooed, in their semi-final match: but then smash-and netted. Inspired by this Lefter off the court. local football season to

opposition has been close.

relatively the Australians came on to win the The kick-off will be at 5 o'clock,

poor and they have had little cause doubles and the decisive point of the

"You can't hit your hat to-day," and preceding this match, will be a

Lott said good naturedly, "so you will to feel themselves extended. They tic.

please go over there and lean against game between the champions of the Northamptonshire Cricket Club still cover the court with the same Boys' League (Royal Welch Fusiliers) have come to terms with their fast D, Rumjahn's volleying is not quite rob this year's team of a match the deuce,"

confidence and precision and if H. To see that Inexperience doesn't the fence until I bring the score to and the Rest.

bowler, Clark, who will continue to

Lester complied and, Lott, playing The Hon. Secretary introduced a be a regular inember of the side. so decisive as a few years ago, it is United States lawn tennis association

out-has engaged George Loit, Jr., to coach | one against two, staved off the match neat point for consideration. Under Bakewell, who hod

a bad motor still potent enough to score

the cup doubles tandem. The reten-point with a lob that nicised the base- local rules if two or more teams tied smash last season, hopes to be it at right winners. for first place in one of the leagues, an early date,

It is quite possible the match will tion of Lott was such a smart thing line. go the full distance, and some fast Subscriptions were and exciting rallies are assured, I think the cousins will just „bout win.

3. Two-handed forehands and two--

-fianded backhands, The lanky, blond youth-who plays

of slight bewildering to Carl Zeisberg, President of the ith an expression men was brought along by the

Executive Committee of the team for experience, but is hope of Australia for future years. His ser- U.S.TT.A. regards the suspension, as a deliberate affront on the part of vice is weak, but his left furehund is stendy and accurate. The double the English Asseclalida," he said. fisted shot is used for a fast drive, "We will back up Miss Aarons 100 a fading drop, or a curving slice. ber cent." Like McGrath, after whom he pat- terned his game, Bromwich plays the baselines, relying on steadiness and length. He does not hit as hard as McGrath,

Ailsa Aurons was suspended after the Executive Committee of the English Association had examined "the case of exhibitions given by her in this country for remuneration,"

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NORTHANTS

a

a play-off was necessary to determine Surrey C.C, made a profit of £493 the champions. However there was Jast Benson,

on rule pertaining to a similar situa-

tion in the case of runners-up. This

year Liga and the RA.O.C. bad

finished on level terms for runners-

£2,038 up.

the

up position in the third division. LEKSAR A FIRM K. C. C. TENNIS We have Pleasure in Announcing

Should the point be decided проп

goal average or a play-off?

It was shown that in England, under the English F.. A. rules, genl-average decided such a question, and it was agreed that as there was no local rule covering the issue, the English F. A. rules should be applied. R.A.OC therefore become runners-up by virtue of

supperior goal overage,

FAVOURITE

In Darby Betting

London, May 3. Lokaar, winner of the Two Thou- sand Guineas, remained 1 flrm favourite in to-night's call-over for

The allocation of $300 from the the Derby, being quoted at 6 to 1. Lal Wah Cup funds the Inter- national Charity Cup coffers was ap

following sub-com-

The

quotations were as follows.

6 to 1 Leksar (i and o)

21 to 2 Perifox (o) 100 to 0 (1)

proved, and the locate the funda 100 to 8 Belfo (0) 13 to 1 (1)

miller

appointed to

Mc

set a side for charity. The Chair- 100 to 8 Fairford (0) 13 to 1 (1) man, Dr. S. To Wong, Mr J.

100 to 7 Goya (0) 15 to 1 (1) Kelvic, and Captain P.W.G. Kimm.

20 to 1 Cash Book (0) There was quite a lively discus- Go to 1 Pascal (t and o) ston surrounding proposition that in

-Reuter. view of their winning the Junior Shield for, the third successive year, the Royal Engineers should be pre- schted with a réplica for permanent possession.

The suggestion came from Mr. C. D. Carter, the hun. secretary, 'and' was finally adopted.

BRITISH ARMY'S

·SOCCER DEFEAT

Brussels, April 12. The Belgian Army beat the British Army 4-2 in, the Army triangular football tournament here this after

noon.-Reuter.

JUBILEE RACE

LATEST BETTING QUOTATIONS

TOURNEY

STARTS NEXT SUNDAY

on

The 1937 Kowloon Cricket Club; tennis tournament will start Sunday next, and first round ties in: the men's singles championships, men's singles handicap events, men's doubles handicap and mixed doubles handicap must be completed by Wed- nesday, May 10, inclusive,

The committee is hoping for more entries in the ladies' events and to .this and will keep the entry list open until Sunday, next. Ladles' events include singles championship, handi- cap, singles and handicap doubles,

It is the aim of the committee to Willum Of Valcace beaded the months. Only in the case of ad- complete the tournament within two betting for the Jubilee race at verse weather will postponement to-night's call-over, the ruling prices being:

London, May 3.

slo 2 William Of Valence (0) 11

to (1)

17 to 2 Tempest (t and o)

100 to 1 Aldine (0)

10 to 1 Fairey

Amsterdam, Sunday-The Dutch 100 to 8 His Grace (0) Soccer team "Be Quick," defeated

matches.be permitted, and it is hooed competitors will make every effort to support the organisers in their nim

The men's senior championship

has attracted ten entries ng last year.

that we have appointed

Messrs.

John D. HUTCHISON & Co.

TO BE OUR AGENTS

IN CANTON

In the Junior champlonships there CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & Co., Ltd.

100 to 8 Fikebarn (o) 100 to 2(t) at:20 competitors compared with 16

Islington Corinthians by a goals, to 100 to 7. Tajakbat-

2 at Groningen to-day. On Satur- 100 to 8 Commander (0)

last year The handicap singles

events have also been well supported

day the Carinthians played a goalless 25 to 1 Eritish Quota (0) 33 to 1 and there is an increase in the draw with Sparta at Rotterdam~~~

Beuter,

-Iteutar."

number of mixed doubles competl- tors,

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