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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

MONDAY, JULY

1937.

United Services Recreation Club Decide To Sponsor Hardcourt Tennis Tournament

George P. Hughes, British Davis Cup player, who has intimated that ho will not be fit to play in the Challenge Round at the end of July, His place will be taken by Frank H. D. Wilder young player of great promise.

Tsui Wai-pui Now On His Way Home

· EXPECTED HERE SHORTLY

(By "Verlias")

Tau! Wai-pul, Colony's 1936 tennis champion, who was selected at the last minute to Join China's Davis Cup team this year, is said to be on his way back Hongkong froid Europe.

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It is not known what ship he fa on, but reliable reports have it that he has already left England. It is probable that he will be back in time to assist the C.R.C, in

In their cluding league matches.

Tsul seems to have had a some- what disappointing time in Europe. Although he played in the Davis Cup. doubles match against New Zealand, and competed in the French Cham- plonships as well as in Berlin, he did not play at Wimbledon, Geratching from the first round of the southern qualifying tournament. Nelther hos his name appeared in any of the minor tournaments, and it is quite possible that he has been suffering from poor health, though no reports have been received here on point.

This

PETER KANE IN A HURRY

Frenchman Beaten In One Round

It took Peter Kane, the Liverpool onc flyweight, only two minutes second-including the count-to beat Maurice Huguenin, the former fly- weight champion of France, at Liver- pool Stadium last month in a bout scheduled for twelve rounds and at Est. Gib.

SUB-COMMITTEE APPOINTED

Generous Gesture To Be Made To Competitors

(By "Veritas"}

LEARN unofficially, but authoritatively, that the United Services Recreation Club is going ahead with the pro- ject of organising a hardcourt tennis championship of the Colony. A sub-committee, has been formed to settle the details, the members of which are Captain Locke, Lieut. Riley and Mr. A. L, Sullivan. This committee will have its first meeting immediately and it is hoped that full official details of the tournament will be made public with in a few days.

other than

members, who will thus opportunities of practice.

and generous

The committee has several competitors ideas formulated. One is to have the tournament, which is likely to consist of men's singles and mixed doubles, completed within three weeks.

the

To accomplish this some half dozen hardcourts at the U.S.R.C. will be brought into daily use. There is number of reasons why it is felt desirable to finish the tournament as quickly as possible. One, naturally, is to prevent any falling of of Interest

competitors, among which Is R a usual feature of local tennis.competitions; another is the fnet that from next month the even- Lots will begin to gel shorter, making mid-week play more difficult.

It has not yet been decided when to start the tournament, which in any case will depend upon the sup port offered by Colony tennis pinyers, but it is more than likely that August will be the chosen month.

ENCOURAGING COMPETITORS

gesture

K.C.C. (2) Having

WOMAN

Toam Difficulties MAKES

Kowloon Cricket Club so- cond mixed doubles league team is still experiencing diffi- culties. Mrs. Knight is now under doctor's orders and will be unable to play for at least a fortnight. --

It may be possible that Mrs. McCaw is fit enough to play this afternoon against Chinese Recreation Club, but in the event of her being unable to to turn out, Miss Jane Weller will be invited to play. The team will therefore be:-G. C. Burnett and Miss V. Bradbury, G. Clarke and Mrs. McCaw for Miss. Weller) and W. M. Gittins and Mrs. Kew..

League Tennis WEEK OF

be given IMPORTANT

U.S.R.C.

will be This wine thoroughly appreciated by competi-

to tors. and should do much courage players to join the tourna- ment. It is realised that few players

MATCHES

ASCOT HISTORY

Ascol, June 17.

A brilliant Ascat reached its cliniax when the Gold Cup, one of the most valuable races of the season, was won by Lady Zia Wernher's four-year-old started calt. Precipitation, which favourite at 2-1 in a field of twelve. To-day's crowd seemed even larger than that of yesterday and the rood the resources of traffic taxed the authorities to utmost.

The King and Queen received a grent ovation as they drove up the course to the Royal Enclosure and again when they entered the flower- decked Royal Box.

Lady Zin Wernher is the first wo- man in the long annals of the race 10 have bred as well as to have owned a Gold Cup winner, won the race in 1900 with Merman,

BEASLEY'S REVENGE

Pat Beasley, who rode the winner. now had his revenge on Perryman, who beat him on Quashed in d memorable race last year. Beasley was then on Mr. Woodward's Oma- ha, who was prevented through in- Jury from competing to-day.

outside of the U.S.R.C., have oppor-TO-DAY'S MIXED me was a good one, easily

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DOUBLES TIE

BIG 'A' DIVISION GAME TO-MORROW

(By "Veritas")

though Precipitation wan. Sir Abe Bailey's Ceell was a gallant second and last year's winner, Lord Stan-..... ley's Quashed, a a good third. The two French horses. Le Duc and Cou sine, made no show at all.

tunities of regular hardcourt play, give but the organisers wish to everybody as equal possible.

The U.S.R.C. project should receive of the whole-hearted support

them with

Fifty acroplanes, in two groups of players, for it presents unusual opportunities for widening

30 and 20, passed over the course their match play experience. The

just before the fourth race. They sponsors feel that by organising such

new the full length of the stands. an event they are providing for a

At long last the weather appears To-day's turnover on the Tote was much-felt want in Hongkong, and

to permli£138,253 Bs., which to be settled sufficiently

was £33,520 one heartily endorses this view,

With the encouragement which the mixed doubles league programme 18s. in excess of the takings on Gold

Circumstances, chiefly Cup day last year. everybody is to be offered, there to should be no dearth of entries. If bad weather, there is, It will be a very sad reflec- throw the official schedule complete- tion upon the keenness of Colony ly out of gear, and instead of tennis players."

programme being completed as would

the been

caso normally, have

C.R.C. each U.S.R.C., K.C.C. and have four matches outstanding.

To-day's re-arranged programme brings together the two strong teams and (1) of the league --K.C.C. U.S.RL.C. The desilnation of the cham- pionship

ship most probably depends on result.

We shall await fuller detalls with I understand that the committee great Interest, at the same time ex- will consider opening some of the pressing the hope that the U.S.R.C. hardcourts before the will meet with success in their bold, U.S.R.C.

the Lise of but admirable venture. tournament starts for

Tennis In England

London Championship Finals

QUICK TIME WINS FOR FOREIGN PLAYERS

BUDGE MASTERS AUSTIN AT ALL POINTS

(By H. S. Scrivener)

gave

the

resume.

have conspired to

the

Kowloon Cricket Club are at home and therefore enjoy slight advantage. However, with Miss Perry still-out of the Colony they will not be entirely at full strength. The U.S.R.C., on the other hand, hope to field their strongest team.

K.C.C. will introduce Mrs. Sweeney to the team, and she will partner cady Ehey displayed very useful Fincher. In a practice match

Miss

T. Weston on Cecil, who gained second place in the Gold Cup race, won by Precipitation at Ascot, leading the field round Swinley Bottom.

John (ver) Gilfillan Has Joined Q.P. R.

London, June 17.

It was goalkeepers' day in the Soccer transfer market yester- day, and three men found new clubs.

John Gilfillan, the man who never missed a match in five seasons for Portsmouth, was transferred to Queen's Park Ran-

gers.

Gilfillan, nearly 6ft. tall Scot, joined Portsmouth from East Fife in 1928. His 330 League appearances for the southern club is a grand record. He has played in the Scottish Cup Final and

Leyton F.C. Find Friends In A Crisis

POSITION SECURE NEXT SEASON

(By Achillés)

Leyton F.C.'s hunt for a new

the F.A. Cup Final (twice), but that winner's medal has evaded round on which to play their mat-

him.

Number 2 transfer

was that

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farm, and they will probably win two sets this afternoon. Odds are even match, and on the outcome of the whichever way It goes, there will Jack Hughes, from Blackburn Rovers Welsh inter- Some keen and fast tennis is pro-service.. Jack is probably be only the odd set in it. to Mansfield Town, after four years' made 1935 vintage. He mised especially as the K.C.C. courts national,

first-team appearances have now fully recovered from recent twenty-six drenchings and are playing smoothly. for Rovers last season.

can ap

50-30

Third goalkeeper went to Exeter City-Robert Walker, formerly of Motherwell and Falkirk.

Exeter completed a second deal by Lel- the

FOOTBALL

Englishmen Win Test In New Zealand

ches next season came to a dramatie close recently when it was announced that Walthamstow Avenue had come forward with an offer to allow their local Athenian League rivals to Fshare their headquarter.

Having been given only until last night to report to the Atheulan League committee that they had a ground available, Leyton were only too ready to accept Walthamstow's have given such offer. Failure notification would almost certainly have meant their exclusion from the League and probably the end of the club.

Two of the quickest finals, the match was one which Austin did over played at the Queen's Club not attempt to touch.

Austin took the first game against took place there on Saturday, the service, but never another in that when the two holders of the set, and there was a period in whcih London singles cups, D. Budge Budge had eight games running, with love. Austin and Miss J. Jedrzejowska, re- four of them won to tained their titles. The former made a belated effort when 1-5 down

in the second set, and won the next BIG "A" DIVISION GAME

and good beat H. W. Austin by 6-1, game by brilliant coups

So far as the men's doubles league 6-2, and the Polish girl like- serving: but another love game then

Budge the

is concerned, most important motel match. wise only dropped three games

Miss Jedrzejowska also profited by of the week is to-morrow's "A" Divi-

Auckland (NZ.), June 20. to Miss K. E. Stammers-6-3, peppering her opponent's backhand. sion encounter between Chinese Rte-signing William Clarke,

The English Amateur Soccer team

Leyton's quest for a new home be-. 6-0.

Miss Stammers hit bravely, and made creation Club and Club de Recreto, ceater City left winger.

but they never Recrelo, alicndy victorious over the

Cardiff City preferred a half-back, won the Second Test match against Boll matches took about half an some lovely shots,

it was announced that the landlords to come when they were strong I.R.C, combination

Thornton (Derbyshire Amateurs) hour to play, and were patently one seemed

with some con- so Cecil McCaughey, from Coventry New Zealand by 8 goals to 0. L. C. an at the close of last season, when lost and she

many proach the match sided; but I do not think that most wanted,

had leased the ground to Clapton through over-driving. The fidence, though the fact that they are City, will play for them next season.

later went through again, the Eng Orient FC. A project to secure the would be fair to say that either of points

upon Rovers player, and was acculer lishmen leading by 2-0 at half-time. Hare and Hounds ground at Lea the losers played badly or that we Follsh girl also overdrove, but far less pinying at Causeway Bay is bound to McCaughey is a former Blackburn opened the scoring and five minutes of their Osborne Road headquarters member of Coventry's side ring, Soon after the interval, L. C. Finch Bridge fell through because the own- saw anything in the nature of a frequently, and she was also far less have a certain adverse effect

by inopportune double them. debacle. The plain truth is that the hampered

However, on paper, at least, the won promotion. He is 5ft. (Barnet), outside-left, did the hat-

weighs 11st. Olba.

trick, all splendid efforts and Corers of this property were not pre- winners, especially Budge, were ex-fauits.

CHANCE THROWN AWAY Portuguese appear to have a traordinarily good, and took care to

B. V. Hinton, of Cardiff, will re- poral Eastham scored the last goal, pared to go to the great expense of bringing the condition of the ground She won the first game dramatical- chance of winning, which, if they do, nake the most of the daminant

up to the required standard. situation in which they found them-ly from 0-40 (serving), the next to will place them in direct line for the present South Wales and Monmouth England's team was: selves.

Association at Hull on versity); G. A. Strasser (Corinthiana), "Austin would have been good en- peacefully. Then Miss Stammers had

only

rivals.

H. S. Robbins (Dulwich Hamlet); arrangement, will have preference of choice for home cup tles. Lengue ough to tackle most other first-class a chance, but threw it away by ser-Count upon the K.C.C. on being their Referees

Nevertheless the Recreto have a but had not the speed which ving a double fault when vantage.

Islington Corinthians have resigned. W. Lewis (Walthamstow Avenue), matches will be played at home on uld have enabled him to Aght She atoned for this to some extent stupendous task and it will come as

Miss winning

Parr (Blackpool), reserve teams will play on Budge with his own flashlight wea- by

world tour thians); W. W.

Corporal S. Eastham (Army), R. J. Achilles Serre ground, a little distance Kane threw wild punches which

Mathews (Walthamstow Avenue), failed to find their mark, but, after pons, although he occasionally coun- | servico after 40-30, and when she no surprise if they are beaten, for from the London Mid-Week League B. Joy (Casunik), J. Sutclife (Corin-alternative weeks, and the respective

was no Toul

Palace tered him by the use of the gentler then took her own (5-3) we visu-even without the assisistance of the they are planning a

the chers, Paul Kong and others, next season. Candidates for mem

and alised a scrap; but there

nre Crystal constitute a powerful bership a few seconds, he landed a left hook

arts. But Budge himself to quite

and at the scrap.

are especially Peterborough United. Annual meet. C. Thornton (Derbyshire Amu-

teurs), L. C. Finch (Barnet). to the body which sent the French-

master of finesse; he excels man staggering back. Kane, quick

The Polish girl went out safely at combination,

three formidable on their own courts. Had ing of the Lengue takes place next to seize

stop volley, both high and low, as his opportunity, rocked

6-3 and, although the first well as at the drop-shot.

Small loss by the London League Huguenin with a left hook to the

FOREHAND games of the second set were all at the match been played on the King's Tuesday. STRONGER

ly vole for a Recreio win. As it is on last season's working a little

club said to me that it would have jaw.

Possessed of one of the finest back- deuce, she only lost one point in the Park courts, one would unhesitating-

been a tragedy to have seen Leyton Miss Stammers seemed the odds appear to be just alightly in over £3. The annual meeting takes hands in the world, he has streng-next three mainly because,

thought,

place next week, when it will be

out of the Athenian League. thened his forchand appreciably since

Ploying the ninth match of their "We considered it our duty to assist Kowloon Cricket Club should win proposed that "the League shall have last year and won many of his aces slightly disgruntled at finding herself favour of the Chinese. by peppering Austin's backhand un- three down as the outcome, largely,

at South China A, A. and the Indian frst call on players for representa- til it broke or else presented a kill of her own errors.

Recreation Club looks fairly safe for tive games, and players selected tour here yesterday. Charlton Athle-our nearby friends in distress' in this His service is also very powerful and

a win at Pokfulama where they meet shall not be eligible to play in Lon- the F.C. defented Winnipeg All Stars way," he said. "The agreement is

League games on dates his last service of all which gave him

the Varsity. The Cricket Club visit don U.S.R.C. but have small chances of which they are selected," ccaping defeat.

The fight was seen by four thou- sand people, who yelled their encour agement to Kane.

The spectators were in an uproar ns Kane stepped in, jabbed away with his left hand, and then suddenly

cracked home a right to the law

which sent Huguenin dat on his back. The Frenchman never moved

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muscle as he was counted out, and he had to be carried to his corner.

WATSON'S

15, and so reached 4-1 more or less championship. Thereafter they can shire at the annual conference of the A. H. Woolcock (Cambridge Uni- Walthamstow Avenue, In the new

Jedrzejowska's

03

The American winners, Budge and

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SIGNIFICANT ENCOUNTERS

There дро two very important matches in the "B" Division On Wednesday. Recreio receive C.R.C. and K.C.C, entertain, Craigengower, i In both cases the home team will have to be at its best to win.

Recreto, strongly tipped in several

to win the quarters

championship dare not under-rate the CRC. des pite the fact that on paper, at least, the team is not so strong as hitherto, The Portuguese appear to possess R better-balanced side, and because of this will most likely win,

(Continued on Page 0.)

Saturday.

SECTION CUP DRAW

SOUTHERN

South

Durban, June 20.

defeated Aberdeen F.C. Africa by 5-2 in the first of three

"Test" matches here to-day.

+

Winnipeg, June 20.

Away.

the

Leyton players are to be given ons night a week for the purpose of train- ing at the ground.

go

An official of the Walthamstow

season. This should for by 1. The match was played only for one

under floodlights. Welsh scored four, give the Leyton club sumclent time goals (three in succession) and Hob- In which to secure new. property.".

bis (2), Robinson, Ford and Wilkin-

so

got the others. Len Williams

will not be able to play for the rest

of the tour owing to cartilage.

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damaged

Mansfield Town v. Crystal Palace. Aldershot v. Walsall.

Draw for the frat round of next season's League III. (South) Cup

Byes: Swindon Town, Notts County, competition was made at a special Clapton Orient, Millwall, Queen's meeting in London, as follows:

Park Rangers and Bristol Rovers. Southend United v. Exeter City, Boscombe v. Reading.

Matches have to be played on or Cardiff City v. Northampton Town. before Sept. 30. Clubs still engaged Gillingham v. Brighton.

in last season's competition will be Newport County v. Watford. granted an extension of time, if

necessary. Bristol City v. Torquay United.

USE

Danderine

FOR DRY SCALP AND FALLING

HAIR

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