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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1988.

TSUI BROTHERS ENTER SEMI-FINALS OF DOUBLES

SPLENDID

FORM

IN OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

GOSANO AND REMEDIOS FAR TOO INCONSISTENT

(By "Abo")

were

The sun made a brave attempt to shine yesterday afternoon, but failed dismally and the Colony Tennis Championships resumed at the Hongkong Cricket Club in rather bleak weather. As a result of the recent rains, the courts were all on the soft side but had dried up sufficiently not to impede the players to any great, extent.

Altogether four matches, two in! the slagles and two in the doubles, were decided in the open champion- ships. Originally, one more singles tie, that between H. Owen'Hughes and S. S. Hussain, was scheduled to be played as well, but again it was postponed: Hussain was indisposed.

For the first time during the current tournament, the stond court was utilised. The occasion was the quarter-final doubles encounter be- tween Tsul Wal-pul and Tsui Yun- in

the champions of 1938, and A.

V. Goro and A. V. Remedios, of the Club de Recreio. Giving the Impression that they could have played better and the situation de- manded it, the Tsuis won in straight sots by 6-2, 6-4.

Gosano and Remedios were not consistent enough to force Chinese pair to remain on the same high level. They beat their up ponents in several of the rallies, but on the whole they made far too many mistakes to worry the C.R.C. pair

nduly.

WEAK OVERHEAD

The match was most entertaining when Gosato and Remedios were at their best at the net, especially when they were able to score with their forehand volley, which was their strongest point. In the ollier phages of netplay, however, they were to lobbing, neliher for instance when the Teuls roc

Gosnno nor Remedios

was able to "kill". Nor were they any too sure in their back- hund volleying.

ARMY

SQUASH RACKETS

Rifle Brigade Beats Scots Greys

London, Mar, 2.

Capt. A. C. Gore and F. A. V The Rille Brigade, represented by

Major G. H. N. Todd and R. II. Parker, beat the Royal Scots Grey A. Army rackets doubles championship Gough-Calthorpe) in the final of the at Prince's Club, London, yesterday. by 4 games to 2 (18-13, 15-G 12-15, 8-15, 18-13, 15-9). This tenth

win since the competition started again in 1928,

Arthur Fagg, Kent and England cricketer, who returned from Australia fast year suffering from rheumatic fever and heart trouble. is now well enough to prepare for more cricket. Here he is at exer-

cise on a rowing machine at his Tonbridge Home.

Jake Kilrain Retains

His

Welter-Weight

By Vulcan

Title

London, Feb. 22,

weight title at Manchester last night for the first time since he won Jake Kilrain, the Scottish boxer, defending his British welter-

their it in 1936, beat Jack Lord, 'of Bolton, on points.

Major Told was hardly in the sume class as the other three, and was, perfectly legitimately, played on to by his opponents. well at times and played some good shots in the rallies, but was inclined

to break down when pressed..

Ile served

A great deal of work was, con sequently, thrown on Gough-Cal- thorpe, who worked heroically, especially in the third and fourth games. Gore and Parker were a

Apart from a few sharp rallies, the better balanced pair, though they Portuguese players failed to provide could never afford to ease up. much

opposition in the first set, which was won by the brothers with

THREW AWAY FIRST GAME the lost of

of two games. An Improve- ment waa

shown in the second set. The Scots Greys should have won and Gosano and Remedios quickly but Gore then got bi and, Anding the first game, for they led 13-8, went to

to a 3-1 lead. They were pulled back, however, and the Tsuls, his service, made the score level at winning four games in

13-all, and Purker then won all the 3 row, five points the set. The Scots established a 5-3 advantage before

were ahead at 4-3 in the Greys annexing the set in the tenth game. second game and level at 6-all. Runs The surprise in the second doubles of 4 cach by Parker and Gore, who match was not because J. W. Leonard and George Chon won their encoun- then served his hand out, made the game a certainty for the Rifle Bri-

ter but because their opponents, F.

II. Kwok and S. W. Liung, put up gade.

After almost knucking out Lord in the ninth round, Kilrain won com- fortably, in spite of the pluck of the challenger.

for a

Without making excuses gallant failure, I would suggest that the task of getting down to the weight, in view of training dieulties caused by the death five days ago of his seven-month-old daughter, had as much do as anything else with Lord's defeat.

was

I gave Lord only three of the fifteen He was a good loser and his clean rounds, with four of the others level.

hitting with the left hand provided the only class boxing that I was able to discern in a "contest that hardly deserving of the word 'nice. fights have been much less keen than Many of the widely boomed "needle"

this.

Both men held far too often and Kilrain made himself unpopular by hitting on the break.

Still, Kilrain was the beller man: he hit harder, even if he did not box quite so well.

A perfect right to the face sent the Bolton boxer through the ropes in the ninth round. The referee count- ed eight while Lord folled through the ropes and when he came back with his eyes glazing he seemed ou!

the bell.

of no avail against the Ane place- vantage, though Parker come along on his feet, with a minute to go to

such feeble resistance. Usually very steady combination, Kwok and Llang were outplayed; they relied too much on defensive tactics which were

menta

Leonard of

and Choa, Leonard played

very steadily throughout.

LEE WAI-TONG THROUGH Lee Wai-tong, the Chinese aoccer idol, made further progress in the singles by overcoming a club-mate, Wong Shiu-wing. It was a far more one-sided affair than most people had expected; the winner conceded only one game in two sets and show- ed splendid form in the process.

In the remaining match of the day, W. Sander defeated J. A. H, Douglass by 6-2, 6-2. Scores:

Doubles-Tai Wai-pui and Tsul Yan-pul beat A. V. Gozano and A. V. Remedios,, 6-2, 0-4; J. W. Leonard and G. Choa beat S. W. Llang and F. II. Kwok, 6-2, 6-2,

Singles-Lee Wal-tong beat Wong

- Shlu-wing, 0-1, 6-0; W. Sander beat

J. A. H. Douglas, 6-2, 6-2.

To-day's Programme

Singlen-Leong Ping-chiu M.

5.

W.

A closely fought third gume saw the score level at 9-all. A by Todd and 2 by Gough-Calthorpe, however, gave the Scots Greys a winning_nd-

with a 3, The Rifle Brigade led 0-0 in the fourth game, but Gough-Cal- thorpe got in at 4-6 and went out for the game with a great run of 11.

Fun

of 0 to lead

The Scots Greys led 4-0 in the Ofth, but Gore, serving well, made

D-4. The Scots Greys drew up to 7-9, then Parker made 3, and the Rifle Brigade wet ahead to 12-7. The electric light to suit Todd, who, with his best run, was then switched on, which seemed

the match, a 4, gave the Scots Greys n 13-12 lead. Gore made one, the Scots Greys set 5, and Parker

of

made all of them.

in

The losers made a good light of it the sixth gome to 0-10, but

were

and

Cricket Shield Replay

The senior Shield cricket re- play between Craigengower the Indian Recreation Club, which was abandoned on Saturday owing to rain, will be played next Saturday on the Hongkong C.C. ground.

JACK HOBBS

AND THE

8 BALL OVER

No Reason To Revise Views

It was at this point that I though! Kilrain revealed his luck

of real championship closs. He missed his eliance and a dazed Lord was able In view of the trial which is being to bob about more by instinct than given to the right ball over in the by any other quality and save him-

season of 1939 it is interesting to sett until the bell came lo his rescue. recall what Jack Hobbs said on re.

Ernic Roderick, the Liverpool turning from his 1024-25 irlp welter-weight, defeated Jimmy Pur- Australia: cell (Australia) on points over teh

rounds.

Football

Gough-Calthorpe's exertions Star Gives Up At 26

the

tiring him, and, playing hard on to Todd, the Rifle Brigade won match without further loss.

Llang: Paul Kongs V. F. 11. Kwok: 1. Home Football

IE, Douglass or W. Sander V. Trut Wal-

Doubles-9. A. Rumjahn and 1. D.

pul.

Ficher

and w

* Rumjahn v. E. C.

201 (atad court).

Club championship. W. Sewell v. J. C. Pool; T, A. Pearce v. J. L. Smalley. Club handicap doubles.-E. J. N. Mit- chelt and L. M. B. Lloyd v, 1 Owen Hughes and, W. M. arton.

Club handicap mixed doubles.-Mr. and Mrs. H. L. D. Wodehouse v. Mr. and Mrs. 1. L. D. Wodchouso y. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Htorey: F. V. Harrison and Miss D. Dadwell v. Mr. and Mrs. J, T. Prior,

Badminton Titles Retained

their

Mias Decima Eardley and Bob Meise, holders of tho women's singles and men's singles Shanghai Badminton titien retained championships at the C.S.F. last week. Mina Eardley; best Mrs. Burton in the final of the women's singles championship, winning with the greatest of case by 11-1, 11-1 while Bob Maise beat A. C. Kew in the men's final by 14-17, 15-9 and 13~7.

VALUABLE

POINT DROPPED

Sheffield United Held To Draw

London, Mar. 20.

GOAL IS MIGHTIER

Several Changes In South China Toam

Several changes have been made in the South China A.A. team to play the Islington Corinthians at Caroline Hill to-morrow afternoon from the one which turned out against the tourists on February 19..

Lim Tak-po (centre half) Yeung Shul-yick (outside right), Lai Shiu-wing (Inside left) and Cheung Moon-wing (outside loft) have been dropped, and in their places will be Lee Kwok-wal (left half), Tang Kwong-sum (out- side right), Lau Chung-sang || (inside left) and Lee Shek-yau (outside left).

The Islington Corinthians are due back in the Colony from Manila by the Empress of Japan to-morrow. The game with South China starts at 5.15 p.m.

Boxing Crowd Boo For 15 Minutes

By Trevor Wignall

London, Mar. 1. Regular patrons of the weekly boxing tournaments of the National Sporting Club at Earl's Court ure beginning to bet on the number of times the crowd will boo in the course of an evening.

Those who wagered an uproar last night won their money, for there was anolsy and hostile demonstration that lasted Ofteen minutes, and that eventually partly exhausted itself in ironis clapping, laughter and angry shouting.

THAN THE TRY

International Evidence Points That Way

By Leo Munro

London, Mar. 1.

Goal-kicking is still the most important art in Rugby football. International evidence, at any rate, points that way.

Many people hold that the try is mightier than the goal. Well, lot them study the championship table to date, on which the Scots are placed as the only country with a chance of winning the "triple crown."

tournament.

Wales outscored Scotland by two left undisturbed throughout the iries to atic, But a conversion and a penalty goal made the points tally 8-8 in Invour of Scotland

So to last Saturday, when Scotland and Ireland each collected four tries. There was, however, this difference- two conversions, one dropped goni, one penalty Koal for Scotland, against just one conversion to In- crease the Irish score.

11

These figures convey a moral. may be early to touch on Calcuttu Cup match prospects, but, In view of Scottish goal-kicking strength, Eng- Jish supporters must take a lot of comfort as they think of marksman Graham Parker.

SCORERS COMPARED

The Scotland v. Ireland match: strengthened an old Idea which seemed in danger of being shaken- the idea that wing three-quarters should do most of the try-scoring.

It worked out fairly well on

on Satur- day. Forrest (2), Drummond, and Moran scored four of the eight tries. But it has not gone on copy-book lines, taking present-season inter- national matches in general.

Try-scoring nowadays in such tests may depend more on opportunism than convention. The reason, per- haps, is that so many players, bucks and winging forwards, swarm la mid- field to upset orthodox open attack. This may be right or wrong. The fact remains that forwards, not wing three-quarters, are top try-scarers, on aggregate, for the four interna

tional matches decided this season.

Yet Ireland deserve sympathy, If only their defence had been as strong as the attack. It seems bad luck to score twenty-eight points in two tumes ant lose both.

Lawn Tennis

Kho Sin-kie Scores A Double

Miss Hoahing Beaten In Women's Final

By A. Wallls Myers

Nice, Feb. 28. Through Kho Sin Kle, China won two South of France titles here to- women's singles day, but in the Anal Miss Hoahing was beaten by Miss Gracyn Wheeler, of California.

Playing perfect tennis for two sets and rather loosely in the other two, Kho Bin Kie bent Bilmer by G-1, The cause was the verdict delivered

2-3, 6-0, 8-0, thus retaining the Victory champlonship. His second by Mr. Jack Morris at the end of n ten-rounds fight between Tomay Most departments, Indeed, had was in the doubles with Brugnen, and Martin, the Deptford coloured light- their moments. I work it out that, the holders beating Austin heavy-weight, and Merlo Preciso, of nine tries were scored by forwards, Rogers, 02, 0—3, 3–6, 1—0, 0-2. Italy,

seven (four of them in one match) Mr. Morris adjudged that Preciso by wing three-quarters, four by had won on points. I found his de-centres, four by stand-off halves, two cision completely astonishing.

I thought that Martin, infinitely

by scrum halves.

Brugnon found many eperings for

The most successful player in this the faster man and much the cleverer line was. Welsh forward McCurley pair did not shine in the arst two

with three tries.

boxer, had won seven of the rounds, and that the most that could be given his opponent was two.

HEATED PROTESTS

MORE CHANCES

Defeat by Scotland led to another overhaul of the Irish team for the match against Wales, at Swansen next week.

the

his famous forehand drive. Rogers is not a great volleyer, and, with Austin short of match practice, the sets. Brugnon then tired visibly and the Anglo-Irish, couple squared the

Brugaon match, only to find restored and Kho Sla Kio strong overhead in the final set.

too

WAB

. Preciso has D powerful right

Miss Wheeler's keen attacking swing, and very little else, and the

with

drop-shots game,

cunning result was as much a mystery to me

her opponent forward, Two new centres, Torrens-who drawing as it was to many other persons has been tried as stand-off half-and proved

much for the Httle present.

McKibben, replace Bailey and Mc- Chinese girl. She made a fine effort Martin scored a sufficient number Mahon, dropped, reluctantly we may in the first set after losing the first of points with his left hand to be feel sure, after being partners in four games, but the Californian's declared the winner. These highly eight consecutive internationals,

adversely debatable verdicts may

The other changes mean the recall affect the N.S.C. shows.

of old caps, Boyle on the left wing, There were protests galore, and C. E. Beamish, Mayne, and Sayers also many heated threats.

In

pack. Dan Sullivan, the manager Martin, demanded to be shown Mr. to Morris's card, but this was refused, as it has first to go to the B.B.B.C. Martin very naturally thought he had "If I were a fast bowler I should on, but he did not make a fuss be dead against It, because in my won

about it, and the N.S.C. issued opinion it is all in favour of the batsman. The

that our statement that the coloured boy aversion own skipper (Arthur Gilligan) had who was responsible for his best fight to date--will be given another stinred in equal degree by Maurice top-of-the-hill engagement in Tate. Dick Tyldesley and Frank weeks' time. Woolley.

te

the Australlan custom Was

pressure all round the court too severe in the second set, and the diminutive Gem was overwhelmed.

Two recent

Mile. convalescents, Jedzrejowska and Mme. Mathieu, of Irish fans can be no more than swept through the women's doubles modestly hopeful. Their country, Anal, conceding Mile. Welvers and barring further changes, will have Mlle. St. Omer Roy only two games. called on twenty-five different play- Another surprising result was the ers for three matches this season. defeat of King Gustav and Miss Such chops and changes tell against Scott in the final of the

mixed a team-Work:

doubles handicap. Their conquerors and were

Casserman, Dr.

the King's Cromey, form the only department physician, and Miss Greenless.

two

WORRIED BY HOOTS IN A CASUAL WAY "Jack Gregory owned up to me

The howling and yelling was un- that he bowled two out of the eight pleasant for everybody, but it had effect on the in a casual easy way, and I did not particularly bad want him to tell me that I found young Irish heavy-weight, Dom it out myself at the wicket. But Lydon. He was shown into the ring those who suggest that bowlers saved when the noise was at its height. best of their sicil for the last and this induced Ted Broadribb, his

out Although five doctors have certified two balls of the over were drawing a manager, to take him

again. him at, Tom Caldwell, Swansea little on their imaginailon. is not Lyden's performance was disappoint- Town full-buck, declares that he is customary for bowlers who wanting, but I am sure this was because incapable of playing footboll and the wickets to let the batsmen know too the hooting worried him. club have terminated his contract,

HIS opponent, much about their plan of campaign.

up

the

Bald

Rowles,

Harry Caldwell, who is 20, was considered Now, writes Frank Thorogood, appeared to be in poor condition, but 10 be one of the best defenders in Jack Hobbs assures me that what he easily the most remarkable moment the Second Division.

In 1925 on the subject of the of the night was reached when with After a private trial game last eight ball over he still adheres to to- only one moment to go of the sixth August he developed synovills of the day.

last round Rowles, whose knce and has since been subjected

strength had evaporated, suddenly dropped his hands and walked to his corner.

Newcastle, and Cardiff,

M. 5. Nichols (Essex) thinks that to tests by specialists at London, the eight ball over should not prove Caldwell told the Sunday Dispatch a strain lo fast bowlers if properly that he could not accept the opinion share the the balls midt beat

supported. If had a of the specialists and was not pre-him. pared to undergo an operation

whereas additional deliveries Every time he kicked the ball, he ing Ute ball) to score a few more

might help him (when he was see said, he felt a pain in the knee.

runs each over. Swansea Town, in view of the

and

The gathering was amazed. Rowles had done a lot of slipping about and had taken much punishment, but with the finish of the bout so neere nobody expected him to surrender Mr. "Pickles" Dougins, the referce,

R. W. V. Robins (Middlesex cap-related to me what haupened when Shefeld United dropped a valu- medical opinions, are satisfied that tain) does not think that the eight Rowies turned away from his oppo- able point in the Second Division or Caldwell is physically al, ond it ia ball over will make the slightest dif- cot. "It is no good, guvnor," he the English Football League to-day. stated had offered him every induce- Playing at home against the lowly ment to return to the game. placed Swansen, they were held to a draw of 1-1,

Though Sheffield Unlied are lead- ing, together with Manchester United, in this division by one point, Aston Villa have three matches in hand over them and two over Manchester U-Reuter,

LEAGUE TABLE The leading positions in the Second Division are: In the mat of the women's |

P. W. D. L. F. A. Pls. doubles, Miss Decima Eardley and Manchester U 54 19 7 8 71 42 45 Mmo, des Courtils defeated Miss Shefeld U. 35 19 7.9 03 45 45 "Jimmy" Holwill and Mrs. Gresley Aston Villa 33 19 0.7.38.27.44.

Coventry

84 17 10 7:54 35 44 by 10-8, 15-10.

"R. ABBIT'S" ARTICLE ON FRIDAY

"I Abbit's"

description of the play-off between the Indian R.C. and the Cralgengower C.C. having ap peared yesterday, the next article by this well-known cricket scribe.will be published on Friday.

ference to slow-medium Dr Blow bowlers. On the Australia tour he did not consider our fast bowlers fell any extra strain, but hours were shorter.

They

excinimed. "I can't go on. I've got the stitch," The booing and the rumbling was still proceeding when I left the hall.

"Pat" Hendren (Everyman's cric- keter) says the eight bail over saves winners of first innings points to go time, and that was what the public all out for the full points. An en-

tirely different view is token by required.

wanted their Hendren's money's-worth.

con- tention la supported by Sir Pelham Warner, who declared that a stop watch lost had shown a saving of 100 minutes per day. Voce and Larwood (Notts) oppose the eight ball over.

Brian Sellers (Yorkshire captain). who fails to see how we can get a proper table of reckoning until the maximum number of points are al- lotted for each match. According to the new system," he adds, "12 points are alven for a win outright. In the case of a match not being finished NEW SCORING PLAN B the side leading on the Arst innings In reference to the newer method will get four points. What is hap- of championship scoring Robins and pening to the other sight? It seems Holmes each think that it will induce | in me a silly way of doing things."

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