1938-02-08 — Page 8

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1938.

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CHINESE "Y" BADMINTON PLAYERS TAKE REVENGE

Cricket Notos

· By "R. Abbit"

Fireworks At The K.C.C. Last Saturday

Bad Batting Explains Exiguous Scores

The more cricket I watch this year, the more I am driven to the conclusion that I must scrap the whole of my standard of values, such as one uses when one sums up a team as strong, medium or weak. And I regret to say that there seems no doubt that when the new standard is evolved, it will be upon a much lower scale. The fact is that with, thank goodness, a few notable exceptions, the outstanding players of the last few years are showing signs of being past their best, and unfortunately there are so few players who seem to be coming on to take their places. Recruits from England are few and far between and it is seldom that we seem to manage the regular develpoment of good school players.

I hope that it is becuase I have batting is used owing to the courtesy seen cricket here for so long that which should grave every cricket- have formed judgment (one usual-scribe's reports and editieisins. True.

if

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ly the sign of the semi-elderly erl- the wicket was definitely nasty. ties that cricket is upon the decline appeared damp, although I was told in Hongkong, and that this judg-it had not been watered since the It was will 0100

be previous Wednesday, and inent is incorrect. Na

than I T pleased

IL is. But suggested that the recent humidity more who of the younger or more newly and heavy dews had due the dam- arrived cricketers are outstanding: age. The ball got up very steeply as probable f possible interportersat times and when the Club were Holden has gone home, J. L. C. batting a very nasty spot developed Pearce goes home shortly and Hay-at the Bowling Green, end, which mard the batsmen, especially the mes cannot play with suffelent re- gularity to keep in practice. Stukes, later ones, to do a goort bit of of course, would contend with Col;dening with the backs of their bats;! ledge for the place of stumper but and this too when the light was get

it played warse | for the moment I can think of only ting abominable.

promising youngsters who than any wicket I have ever seen a few

the K.C.C. groundi. However, may train on. 1neldentally, I am on not speaking of Service cricketers in ranting all this and granting: that Leckie and Inter Lloyd and Rebert Lee bowled uncommonly well, the only explanation of the pitifully exi- guous scores is bad

this particular moan.

To my mind it is high time 1. Ali

WIS

THE TWO SIDES

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YEAR'S BEST RACE HORSE-War Admiral, unbeaten three-year-old owned by Samuel Rdle of Philadelphia, has been judged the outstanding race horse of the year by 256 sports writers, The horse, son of the famous Man O' War, is shown above in an action picture taken at the Saratoga, N. Y race tract, with Jockey Kurtsinger up. Seabiscuit, a nephew, took second.

Rugger Matches

At Home

London, Feb. 7.

The following were the re- sults of rugger matches played

to-day: Northampton 6 Cardiff Devonport

Services

16

0 Newport 23

-Reuter.

BADMINTON TOURNEY WORTHY OF MUCH BETTER SUPPORT

ENTRIES NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF LOCAL PLAYING STRENGTH

(By "Abo")

BEAT RECREIO

IN SENIOR DIVISION

WONG & AU RESPONSIBLE FOR TEAM'S SUCCESS

(By "Abo")

Badly trounced when they visited King's Park carlier in the season, the Chiense Y.M.C.A. players in the "A" Division Badminton League took ample revenge last evening when, on their own court, they defeated the Club de Recreio "A" by six games to three. By winning this match, they have established themselves favourites for the championship.

(Chinese

Victory was all the more creditable H. Koh and A. Chung because the Chinese "Y" were with- "") lost to Oliveira and Remedios out the services of C. E. Ching. | 19-21; lost Alves and Barros 0-21; who has returned to Singapore. lost to Carvalho and Silva-7-21. Two players, P. H. Wong, the Colony champion, and C. Au, rose to the occasion, and it was their brilliant play throughout that enrried the side to su

success.

The third "Y" pajr, H. Koh and A. Chung, were very weak and lost all their three games. With Wong and Au in such brilliant form, however, the Chinese sailed on though the issue was not decided until the last round,

OTHER MATCHES

In the other matches played last evening, King's College défented St. Andrew's by eight games to one on the latter's court, while in the Mixed Doubles League, the University bent Kowloon Tong by 8-1.

(St. and

ST. ANDREW'S v. KING'S COLLEGE F. V. Wong and M. to victory,

Welll Andrew's lost to 5. P. Chan H. N. Chung 7-21; lost to H. T. Woo and K. L. Lui 15-21; lost to Pau und K. H. Lo 11-21.

The start was an ominous one for court the Portuguese. Taking the

L. E. Kirby (St. Andrew's) lost to against Wong and S. Y. Hon, M. A. were Oliveira and J. J. Remedios

Chan and Chung 5-21; lost to Woo Lu thought to have a good chance of and Lui 7-21; fost to Pau and

3-21. ng, especially as Hon at the

H. Kew and A. S. Bliss (St. of his

winn stemed very weak. Cover-

the lapses of partner, whe improved as the gaine progressed, 17-21; lost to Wou and Lul 2-21; beat Wong was everywhere, smashing and Pau and Lo 21-13.

who Andrew's) lost to Chan and Ching

angling for position until he had the upposition all tled up. In the other two games, Hon showed a great im- provenient and gave Wong splendid support.

THE BEST PAIR

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Au was luckier than Wong in that his partner, F. Koh, was also in fine felife. Koh, however, was too fond of trying fancy shots. Showing cheerful disregard for points he at- tempted a variety of difficult exceu- llons, but WAN rarely successful. However, the occasion demanded, þe could be steady. He and Au were ensily the best pair on view.

Au fast evening gave an exhibition

From the point of view that not a single name was sent in us to within 43 hours of the original date fixed for the closing of en- tries, the present list of players to participate in the Colony Bad- minton Championships may be regarded in official quarters as satisfactory. But ono suspects that this satisfaction has been caused by the fact that entries are now sufficient to enable the Championships to be held rather than that officials consider themati in themselves satisfactory numerically.

SQUASH RECORD CREATED

Miss Margot Lumb's Fine Feat

London, Feb. 7. which confirms my view that he and

Miss Margot Lumb, the famous to bent in the Colony Doubles Chom-squash and tennis player, created a Patrick Wong will be very dificult

new record at the Queen's Club to day by winning the Women's Squash Rackets Championship for the fourth successive year.

outside.

ert were a snick by Ride! Though Madar was cut at once Anderson alert zu teuer eded quietly along though neither were comfortable with Swain who bowled excellently with no luck, am told that in one over from him

The Recreio pairs falled to play Up taken out of the very weak

Anderson played at five balls and i

to standard. The numerous lines on used for second I.R.C. team and introduced

talled to touch them all.

But after

Now, let us look at the entries, are cheaper than last year's; yet for the court-which is also

their affect to First League cricket and coaclied.

had gone things got exciting.

There are 12 in the Men's Singles, some reason or other we have fewer bosketball-seemed to He is both a useful bat and a fair

en-Hughes took two

of

notice that the first

11 in the Men's Doubles and again entries. It is inexplicable.

play a good deal, and bowler and could be made into The Club were without Allen and three, wickets and then in one over

The Association

is deserving of they took, on the run, many shots very much better player-if taken Stokes

This was but otherwise were at full Leckie, howling an excellent length in the Mixed Doubles. Only in early. Baxter, as I have ofter

often said

shid strength-and as set off against just short of medium and swinging one event, the Mixed Doubles, has better support, and it is to be hoped which were befure. is an example of a player who could be much better than he one absenter they had Bidwell who in from the 67, got Teddy Fincher there been an improvement on last that it will be forthcoming next sea specially noticeable in the earlier part he is playing cricket owing to a rugger to touch a rising ball to Owen year's figures. As a matter of fact, on or else it is doubtful whether the of the game when they were still un-

arc Championships

worth while familiar with the court. is if he had stuck to First League-injury-which-keeps him out of the fughes in the slips, and ter falling-off-of-seven-entries-cach

led the other two events have shown a

organising.. cricket and had been coached care latter me. K.C.C. seemed to me Burnelt with ጉ beauty. Just

When one remembers that we have fully.

(I am assuming that there to be at

at full

strength though there O'Bryen Rot inside a leg-spinner was anyway at one time a regular e one definite

Is

alteration I should

ould from Owen-Hughes and was caught seven teams in the "A" Division and the "13" Divizion of the place for him in the K.C.C. first. personally have made in the side round about the gulley by

Swain six in

entries in the Men's have been told so. He is worth one

And

before the game one would who took three catches off him there League, the

events are a downright disgrace. R now.)

have said both teams were strong in all.

is certainly no way in which to re- unes. Let me say at once that both Lenins

pay the efforts of offelals of the local Association to put the game on its feet in the Colony.

Of the 12 entries in the Singles, the Fice Lances, a three are from junior division team; three from the Chinese Y.M.C.A.; two from the Uni- versity; two from S. Terron's, who are not even in the League; one from

COLLAPSE AFTER COLLAPSE The above jeremiad is the direct result of having watched (a) the K.C.C. batting and (b) the 1K.C.C. batting on Saturday last. The phrase

felded excellently, both on

bowled

Six were down for 58 with Lloyd the ground and in the air, while and . Zimmern in, and nine runs Hayward only conceded two byes, later Zimmern, who had clumped

none the left hander for four to long t neither his fault.

(Continued on Page 9.) really as the two byes in the score-

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ONLY ONE FROM RECREIO

Tolley Wins Putter With Great Golf

Sets Problem For R. & A Committee

London, Jan. 10. Carl Tulley, playlog brilliant golf, won the President's Putter competi-

on of the Oxford and Cambridge: Golfing Society yesterday on the Rye Club's course.

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What I cannot understand is why only one player, M. A. Oliveira, has sent in his name from the Club de Recreio. With a playing membership like that of the King's Park club, they

Tolley has played in every Putteri should be, able to have more parti- cipants in the Colony Championships Vest since its second year, but this than nity other Institution. True Was his first success, although he has

been in three previous finals. enough, players like J. J. Remedias,

members of the "A" Division team. have entered for the Doubles, but personally I feel that they might have helped the game along by taking part in the Singles as well.

1. A. Carvalho, A. M. Silva, H. A. The success of Tolley in such a Barros and II. A. Alves,

ves, who are brilliant field has set the Royal and Ancient Club conmittee a problem..

Tolley is chairman of the Walker: Cup selection committee, and as such la ineligible to play in the match against the United States. During the Putter In this connection, the step taken

competition by J. A. Chen and F. Thang of St. Tolley defeated D. H. R. Martin (four Tercan's and by J. L, Anderson, A. L. and three), Leonard Crawley (by one! Fisher, and 9. W. Clark of Free hole), and K. B. Scott (by two heles)

successive

three rounds. The Lances, and by N. A. E. Mackay of in Kowloon Tong is highly commend-conquered players are all probables able. am sure that I am not hurt for Britain's Walker Cup team. Ing the feelings of these players when is possible for Tolley to resign I say that their chances of winning from the committee, so that he will the Singles title are not bright; but be eligible to play for Britain. they have gone in for the sake of Whether he will do so remains to be the game and this is the spirit that seen. On his form during the week- we want.

ant. More players should follow end Britain can ill-afford to be with their example.

out such a great player.

After all in every tournament there can be only one winner and there are bound to be outstanding players. If only these outstanding pinyers were to take part, then how can the big tournaments be the successes that they aro?

Last four survivors after Satur- day's play were Tolley. Crawley. Scott, and E. F. Storey. Crawley outdrove Tolley of most holes in their semi-final match, and was generally more accurate in the long game, but on and around the greens Tolley was more successful. Tolley won on the

Scott had an ensler task against

Club de Recreio players are not the only ones guilty of "bashfulness" last green. Our undergraduates also are to be blamed. In spite of all the Hood Storey and won by four and three.

It was thus an ail-Oxford Inai, i players that they have, the Uni- which Talley maintained his form, versity have only two representatives Scott doing well to take the match in the Singles. This should not be. to the home green, where Tolley won by two holes. Tolley had a acore of 72 for the full round, Scott The trouble cannot be one of taking 74. Yesterday'a resulta: finance. With tile view to making

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BEMI-FINAL

The game might have been a closer one if L. A. Carvalho and A. M. Silva had won their second round match against Wong and Hon. They started well enough, leading by 0-0, but they were unable to push home their advantage.

The Chinese led 2-1 at the end of the first round, 4-2 at the end of the second, and clinched the issue when Wong and Hon defeated H. A. Barros und H. A. Alves by 21-14.

Scores:

P. H. Wong ond S. Y. Hon (Chinese beat M. A. Oliveira and J. J. Remedios 21-12; beat H. A. Alves und H. A. Barros 21-14 beat L. A. Carvalho and A. M. Silva 21-14.

She defeated Mrs. I. 'H. McKechnie by 9-3, -2, 0-1 in the final to-day. Mies Susan Noc! previously won the title for three successive years,

--Reuter.

Swimming Records At Empire Games

Sydney, Feb. 7. Only heats were held to-day in the of the British swimming events Empire Games,

Nevertheless Leivers, of England, catabilshed a new Games record for the 1.050 yards in 20 mins. 3.8 F. Koh and C. Au (Chinese "Y") seconds, and Misa Dorothy Green of beat Oilveira and Remedios 21-16; Australia a new Games and Australi- beat Alves and Barros 21-10; buatan record for the 440 yards in 5

mins, 43 secs.--Reuter, Carvalho and Silva 21-18.

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