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RUMJAHN'S STEADINESS CARRIES HIM THROUGH ENTERS TENNIS FINAL IN HIS THIRD ATTEMPT

TSUI YUN-PUI UNABLE

TO REPRODUCE FORM

(By "Abe")

If the standard of play yesterday when H. D. Rumjan, holder, met Tsui Yun-pui for the third time in the semi-final of the Colony Tennis Singles Championship did not reach the same height as that of their two previous encounters, the points were just as bitterly fought for. Rumjaha won because he was by far the steadier of the two and because Tsui was unable to produce winners with the same fluency as he did in the first two matches.

The scores in favour of Rumjahn · As was the cense in their first two were 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.

marthes, when Tsuf was at his best

As I predicted, Rumjahn was the lie made Rumjahn look second-rate. quicker of the two to adapt himself Though he did not often make to the conditions. His great match-Rumjaha appear in this light yester- play experience stood him in good day, he succeeded at times in out- he kept his younger manoeuvring the Indian, and when opponent running from one end of the latter made the mistake of the court to the other with well-advancing to the net on weak drives, flat passed him with the greatest of placed shots Instead of using

stead when

racket for his drives, he imported a slight spin to them with the result that the ball did not always bounce well for Tsul, who was unable to

his drives get

in proper working order.

LESS SPECTACULAR

It was a less spectacular Rumjahn who look the court yesterday. That was fairly evident right from the start. Instead of trying to match Taui drive for drive, he was content merely to return his opponent's shots with the minimum of mistakes; and even when Tsui sent across a few glorious drop shots in the opening games, he made no attempt to re-

trieve them.

But he was not so spectacular as before, he was very much sounder, and slowly and relentlessly he went to his points after some anxious moments for his supporters in the first set when the Chinese ran away with a lead of

3-0.

The scores of 6-2, 6-3 in the third and fourth sets rather EX aggerated his superiority;

but

superior he was without any doubt. Making fewer mistakes, it was he who dictated terms to a player who seemed flurried even after he had evened up matters by taking the second set.

FORMIDABLE BACKHAND

Tsui's backhand was always a formidable

weapon. With it he scored many winners, but his fore- hand falled him at critical moments. Furthermore he once again revealed a weakness overhead, of which his astute

opponent full

Look

THE SCORES ::

Tsui led 3-0 in the first Ret, but numjaha pulled up at 4-4 and then won the set at 7-5. I was Rumjahn who had the lead in the second. Going ahead to 2-0, he was pulled back to 2-2, and Taul then led 5-3 to go out at 6-4.

After 2-2 had been called in the third set, Rumjahn won four games in a row, and in the fourth he led 2-1-3-2, 4-2, 6-3 batore winning out at 6-3,

In order to ensure that the tie was concluded, play commenced yester- day at 4.03. The match finished at 6.34, taking an hour and 31 minutes,

SINGAPORE

Another Hockey Season Comes To An End

Tsui Yun-pul, shown above, failed to reproduce the fine form he dis- played in the first two encounters, and was beaten by three sets to one by II.D. Rumjahn in the semi-finals of the Colony Tennis Singles Cham- plonship yesterday. It was the third time the two players had this round.

met in

East Fife Wins

BADMINTON Scottish Cup

TITLES

Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 18. Tan Chong-ter. ol Singapore, to-day won the Malayan badminton singles championship after a keen match with Wong Peng-soon and the other titles were fairly evenly, dis- tributed throughout Malayn.

The scores were:

Men's Singles Final: Tan Chong- tee beat Wong Peng-soop 15-2, --

15, 15-11.

Men's Doubles Final: A. Samuel and Chan Kan-leong beat Ho Boon- and Khoo Eng-tong 21-8, advantage. choo Admittedly, at times be placed the 21-10. ball out

out of Rumjahn's reach; but Women's Singles Final: Miss Mocy whenever

nover be tried a simple smash,

he messed it up more often than not,

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to

the ground

ground conditions had deal to with his failure

Final Replay

KILMARNOCK FAILS AT EXTRA TIME

London, Apr. 27.

Chwee-lan bent. Miss Chan Kong- East Fife, a Second Division team, won the Scottish Cup at

wong 11-8, 11-8.

Mixed Doubles Final: Wong Peng-Hampden Park to-day by beating Kilmarnock in the replay final by soon and Miss Waileen Wong best four goals to two after extra time.

co his usual form. The A, Samuel and Miss Ida Lim 20-23,

railles which he normally relishes, nor was the ball always bouncing kindly for him. On many occasions he hit it either too early or too late.

were not played at the

speed

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21-11, 21-8.

A crowd of 91,000 turned up to Women's Doubles Final; Misses Ida see the match, which was played in Lim and Chan Kon-neong beat summer-like weather. Misses Lee Chee-neo and Hee Kim- There was nothing exclting in the neo 18-13, 15-7.

Arst quarter of an hour. Then East Fife's outside left, McKerrell, scored from 15 yards.

Kilmarnock livened up the game Themson, with several attacks and their outside right, was brought down area. He himself in the penalty scored from the spot kick to level the

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scores.

Following this up, Klimarnock goined the lead when McGrogan, the outside left, scored.

Aston Villa Almost Sure

Of Promotion

Needs One Point For The Championship

CHINESE

TENNIS PLAYERS

SHINE

Choy. And Kho in Quarter-Finals

At Bournemouth

Landon, Apr. 27. Chinese tennis players again figured prominently in the Bournemouth championships to-day

In the men's singles, the Chinese Davis Cup representatives, W. C. Choy and Kho Sin-kle won their third-round ties to enter the quarter finals. Choy defeated Godsell in four sels by scores of 6-4, 3-0, 6-3, 6-4, while Kho avenged several recent defeats by heating S. E. Malfroy of New Zealand by 0-3, 6-0, 0-2.

Godsell, Choy's victim, had beaten the English Davis Cupper, R. A. Shinyes, in the first round.

ONLY A FEW MORE

MATCHES LEFT

Civilian Teams Have Done Exceptionally Well

(By The Pilgrim")

The Interport is now over, and with the exception of the semi-final and final games in the Hongkong Hockey Association International Tournament, the season has come to an end.

The Civilian teams in general have done exceptionally well. The annual encounter between the Services and the Civilians was won by the latter, and in the Inter-Section Tournament, the Kowloon Indian T.C, represent- ing the champion Civilian team, were defeated by a very margin by the Rajputana Rides, the Army champions.

narrow

In the Triangular Tournament, the Hongkong Hockey Club, also a Choy now meets Kho in the civilian team, were champlons, the other two teams in the competition quarter-finals.

being the Army and the Royal Navy,

of the men's J. H. Ho were

In the first round doubles, Choy and beaten by Lister and Morton, who won by 8-0, 0-2, 6-2.

Weekly Hockey Notes. Cease

The hockey season having come to an end. "The Pilgrim' announces that his weekly notes cease as from to-day.

will niso mean another civilian vie- tory, they will also set up a Mamak In the United Hockey Tournament. record of winning the championship the Hongkong Pollee hend the list in three times in succession. the Senior Division-which speaks well for civilian hockey-and the R.A.F. are winners of the Junior

Another Chinese player to gure in to-day's matches was Miss Gem Division Hoahing, who had the misfortune to meet Senorita Anita Lizann, of Chile, the holder of the ladies' title. In the third round.. The Chinese girl was beaten by 0-0, 6-4,--Reuter.

Racing

FORMER SHANGHAI MAN WINS CLASSIC

H.M. The King At

Newmarket

London, Apr. 27. Majesty the King, who was paying his first visit to Newmarket, and the Princess Royal saw Mr. H. E. Morriss, the former Shanghal business-man and now a successful owner on the English turf, win the Two Thousand Guineas with his 5-2 favourite, Pasch, ridden by Gordon Richards,

Pasch beat Mr. J. V. Rank's Scot- tish Union by two lengths, with H. H. the Aga Khan's 7-1 Mirza a fur- ther length and a half behind in the third place.

Eighteen horses ran in the classic roce.

Judging by the easy win scored by Pasch to-day, Gordon Richards must be conceded a great chance of win- ning his first Derby this year and of repeating for Mr. Morriss lia 1925 success in this race with Manna.

After the race, His Majesty chatted with Mrs. Morriss in the unsaddling enclosure,

OWNER LUCKY

London, Apr. 27. East Fife then equalised through Aston Villa's chances of promotion McLeod, the Inside right, with an to the First Division were improved overhead lick.

considerably to-day following their Full time arrived with the scores home win over Bradford by two deadlocked at 2-2, but at extra time goals to nit. In fact they need only Mr. Morriss is lucky to own such East Fife lasted belter than Kilmar- one more point to be absolutely cera fine colt as Pasch, who is sure to nock and scored through Miller (in- tain of the Second Division cham- be a warm favourite for the Derby. side teft) and McKerrell (outside pionship.

It is generally considered that stay- left)-Router.

BATEMAN WINS

SINGAPORE

GOLF TITLE ·

Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 18.

were:

FIRST DIVISION

Chelsea

The results of matches played in ing the mile and a half course of the the English Football League to-day Derby race should not

prove

100 dimcult for him, especially as he is by a staying sire, Blandford.

Gordon Richards, the jockey, told Reuter, "I was delighted to ride my first Two Thousand winner. I was headed slightly after six furtongs. but o where I steadied the mount,

Pasch came again in gallant style and was a ready winner."

1 Chariton

SECOND DIVISION

Aston Villa 2 Bradford

LEAGUE TABLE The following are the leading tions:

F. W. D. L. F. A. Pts. Villa 40.24 aAston

U. 41 22

Pasch (who did not run as a two- posi-year-old and won his only race, the Coventry Stakes on April 18) covered the mile in 1 min. 30.0 secs.

Scottish Union appeared to staying well, but Mirza was at the end of his tether.

7 071 32 55

C. A. R. Bateman, of the Island Club, Singapore, played golf of

9 10 72 64 53 very high order to defeat Waiter Sheffield

9 10 30 40 DI Elkins, the Belangor Golf Club cham- Manchester U. 40 21

the final of the Coventry 40 20 11 0 64:42:51 plon, 4 and 2 in Malayan' golf championship, to-day.

TIMRD DIVISION (SOUTH). Bateman hind defeated M. M.

Bristol C. 2 Mansfield Paterson, the, titleholder, in the first round of the match play and Elkins,

THIRD DIVISION (NORTH) playing on his home course, considered to have every chance of Darlington 2/ Chester | regaining the title."/

INTERNATIONAL

TOURNAMENT.

מחדד

SCOTTISH LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION

Ayr U.

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The Hongkong Hockey Association CLOSING CRUISE

International, tournament Yesunites to- day who. England, and-- Portugal clash on the Club......- ground," King's

REGATTA

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Port Marnock, before the race, was the Derby favourite, and although drawing the best position to-day, also appeared to fall to stay, fading out in the last quarter of a mile.

The weather was fine and the going good. The attendance, was inrge 1 Router

INDIAN R.C. BOWLS TEAM

The following rinks have been selected to represent the Indian R.C.

On

in their League Bowls match against the Polico I.C, at Sookuspoo Saturday, April 20, at 3.30

D.

S.M. Rumlahn 4.0. Bux, M.Y. The following will The doring cruise of the Royal Adal and R. Dallah (skip); DM. Hongkong Yacht Club will be held Khan, A.M.-Wahan, M.R.Abbas and on pril30 and May 15 The regatta Arcalli (kip) A100 A programane include three event on Bakar AK Minty and Ani Ming the next day and four on the second. (skip)/

represent Dobson

Grogan Whelton, Brown, Guest S. Yowise, G. Fowler, Divett, Duane and Bonds are * England will “May. In white.

POLICE IMPROVE

Whether the Mamak Tournament, one of the oldest, will function next senson in rather doubtful. Since the departure of Capt. G. W. P. Kimm, former Chairman, interest in the Tournament has been on the wane, The Hongkong Police senior and I am given to understand that

the G. E. Clarke,

present players have improved tremendously Mr. and are the only civilian team to Secretary, is about to resign as he have inflicted a defeat on Macao, is due for leave early in February They have also been one of the very next year. Lew teams to have defeated the Hongkong Club this season.

Оле tournament,

the

United

Though very little has been heard Hockey Clubs, should, I imagine, bo of the Mamak Tournament, all the sufficient to cater for all clubs in the fixtures have been concluded and on! Colony. Saturday next at p.m. on the Radio

ground at Caroline Hill, the winners of the "A" Division,

the Panthers

The

REJPUTANA Rifles shinE

The Rajputana Rifles have proved (H.M. Submarines) will meet the themselves: the best hilitary team, winners of the "B" Division.

They won the Inter-Section Tourna- Radle

Sports Club (present cham-ment, the Large Units Tournament, pions) to decide the 1037-38 Cham- and alm defcated Macao being the pionship.

only team among the Services to The best of three games will be accomplish the font. I am!, sur- played to decide the issue. Should prised to notice that only one mem- the Radio men be successful, which her of the team, Ghulam Rasul,

secured his Interport cap.

The standard of play among the First Division teams" this season has been very high.

I also notice there are more Second Division teams, which shows that iriterest in the game has been far from lacking. *

The boys' schools have also dis- played a keen interest in the game and the Hongkong F.A. or the United Hockey Clubs would do well to pro- mote a junior Interport between the Hongkong and Macao schools.

Apar

from

the International Tournament and Mamak final, the hockey season-officially ends at the end of the month.

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