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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,' 'SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER

1938.

VARIED TENNIS PROVIDED IN HARDCOURT TOURNEY

TSUI BROTHERS EXTENDED BY A YOUTHFUL PAIR

LEE WAI-TONG DEFEATS CRAWFORD IN TWO SETS

(By "Abe")

Varied tennis was provided for spectators yesterday in the hardcourt championships at the United Services R.C. In the six matches decided-three in the singles and three in the doubles- there was much that was good, quite a bit that was not so good and a lot that was merely indifferent.

of the singles, only the replay wished, they had the satisfaction of between Lee Wal-tong and A. Craw-knowing that they did very much fard produced a standard worthy of better than most pairs participating a Colony championship match. The in the present championships would other two were typically Brat-round | have done. ties, though in the one between J. J. Ferguson and A. R. Kitchell, the contestants were so evenly matched that they took three sets to settle the issue.

Crawford was far too erratic in to first set of his second encounter with Lee yesterday, and the result

that he annexed whs

to be real-

Losing the first sel after ten games, the two young South China players established a 5-1 lead. They actually had set point on Ma's ser- vice, but failed to gain that all-

point, แฟ

but gradually brothers"

pulled

Tsuk

the up to 5-5. Once more and Li

could not clinch their that.

Games, Lee did not have two took the lead at 7-6, and again

ly at his best to win this sel; he needed only to keep the rallies ko- ing and more often than not he could rely upon his opponent to make the mistake.

Lee's task in the opening set was made even easier by the fact that Crawford was unable to impart the usal pace to is forchand drives, and the Chinese player found plenty of time to make hils returns.

LEE FORCES PACE

This proved to be their last chance, however; for the Tsuls, not wishing to delay the end any further, go! home with a series of finely-angled volleys.

This was by far the most enter- taining match of the day. Play was always of a high standard,

a fast pace being maintained throughout.

Szeto Blck and C. K. Chan romped through the first round quite com- fortably against S. A. Gray and G. C. Burnett. While they were nearly as prone as the British pair to make mistakes, the winners, however, were always the more likely pair to pull out the winning shot. bits of good play in this encounter, There were but on the whole the rallies were far too short to make the match a really interesting one.

In the second set, Lee, encouraged by the case with which he had taken the first hurdie, rather unwisely at- tempted to force the paco. The result was unhappy for himself, for Crawford quickly ran off with a 2-0 By going back to his usual Iend. more sedato tempo, Lee was able to draw level and eventually went out in the sixteenth game.

The Rumjalin cousins, S. A. and Albert Chan, of Kowloon Tong. started hils

promisingly H. D., were never in dimculties match and enough

impression that against Wong Fuk-nam and K. K. the Have

steady Fung. Playing well within them- A. E. P. Guest, of the Kow-selves, they won in straight sets loon C.C. But his opening brilliance with the loss of six games,

,Scores: temporary flash, and n Quest, after winning the first with the concession of three games, took the second to

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Ferguson owed his victory over Kitchell

to more

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SINGLES

J. J. Ferguson beat A. R. Klichell 5-7, 7-5, 0-2.

A. E. P. Guest beat Albert Chan 8-3, 0-0,

two were on even teams as regards Lee Wal-long beat A. Crawford tennis knowledge and stroke produc- | 6-2, 9-7, tion, but Ferguson was by far the fitter man and ho emerged winner after a marathon gaune, which took nearly two hours.

TSUIS EXTENDED

most

of the doubles. ties, the entertaining was that in which Toul Wal-pul and Teul Yun-pul, holders of the Colony grass-court champlon- ship, defeated Ma Nal-kwong and Li Kwan-hung, two junior players from the South China AA. The latter phir gave a surprisingly ine per- formance, and were definitely un- luck not to take a set from what is perhaps the best combination in the tournament; they played well enough to earn it.

Supremely unaffected by the re- putation of their opponents, Ma and Li matched drive for drive, smash for smash and volley for volley with the Tsui brothers, and if they did not succeed as often in the many Ane rallies as they would have

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DOUBLES

Szelo Bick and C. K. Chan beat 8. A. Gray and G. C. Burnett 6-8, 0-2.

Tru Wal-puf and Taul Yun-pat beat Ma Nal-kwong and LJ Kwan- hang G-4, 9-7,

8. A. and X. D. Rumjahn beat Wong Fuk-nam and K. K. Fung 8-4.

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MONDAY'S FIXTURES

The following is the programme of matches for the Colony Hardcourt Championships arranged for Monday, September 6:

Court No. 11 5. A. Gray v. J. R. Turner: Court No. 12 B. Agafuroff v. Wong Fook-nam; Court No. 17 Tennte Kwok v. A. E. P. Guest; Court No. 18 Peter U v. S. A Rumjahn; Court No. 19 Lee Wal- tong und W. C. Hung v. Omar Rum- jahn and G. Choa.

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Lee Wal-tong (left) and A. Crawford, who enuld not complete their first-round to in the hardcourt tennis championships on Tuesday, met again yesterday. This Ume, Lee won in siraight seis-Staff Photographer.

COUNTY CRICKET RESULTS

Avery Scores Century For Essex

London, Sept. 2. County cricket games which Anished to-day resulted:

HAPPY VALLEY BOWLS TOURNEY STARTS TO-DAY

Governor To Play

Lawn Bowls At Club de Rocroio

As the first Governor of the Colony to bo patron of the Hongkong Lawn Bowls Asso- ciation. His Excellency Sir Geoffry Northcote has shown a keen interest in the game during the whole summer,

.

Further evidence of this will be provided on Thursday, September 8, whon His Ex- Cellency leads three-rink team to the Club de Recreio to play a match against the Por- tuguese club, which has been so successful this season.

• The match will commence at 4 p.m.

PIRATES LOSE TO CARDINALS

As I Sec Sport

By "Abe"

AMERICAN NEGRO TO THE FORE IN SPORTS WORLD

Shines In Boxing, Track And Field Events

recent

of Henry better themselves,

Trong in the welterweight, equal footing with other suces, liver

lightweight and featherweight divi- latent talent for athletics is being alons, and the successful defence by developed and is marked by their Joe Louls of the heavyweight title ascension to a lofty peak in sports. have once more brought great pro-

minence to the American negro, who Armstrong's Rise

is more rapidly than ever forging to

the

the fore in the sports world. At the INDOUBTEDLY the most striking

of Henry

Art all-conquering

present time, between Henry

three UNI characteristic

John Henry Lewis and

strong's relentless,

them. Armstrong hold the heavy style of fighting is his apparent lack

light-heavyweight, welter-

1ghtweight and feather. of sensation

Seemingly

of pain or discomfort

tilles more than half the caused by his opponent's blows. boxing of the

Not world! is the negro supreme In fistic world, but he is also having

day in the track and held

impervious to physical the punishment, this ring phenomenon

only

*** never

ceases his endless forward march no matter how powerful or

Three Baseball on We have only to harken well placed the punches of his rival

Matches Played

New York, Sept. 2.

back to the Berlin Olympics He may be.

of 1030.

Remember the "Buckeye Bullet,"

This uncanny ability to withstand There Owens, who single-handed physical shock seems not so unusual won three

for the when the story of Armstrong's rise to And how

Jesse

Unlled championshi

Only three matches were played in Johnny Woodruff, the famed trout fame is told. Hurricane Henry came the Baseball League to-day, one inte of Pittsburgh middle distance up the hard way. the National section and two in the runner? Nicknamed "Long John" his early life was a success of bit- Armstrong is a child of adversity, American.

by the track world, Woodruff Pittsburgh Pirates, the National the United States Olymple team fer struggies, disappointments and But through them all, leaders, received a setback in their good nudge along the championship he kept marching on, chin forward, match against St. Louis Cardinals path by capturing the 800 metre run never stepping back, even as he does who beat them by 11-10.

in Berlin. Eulace Peacock,

Dave in the ring. It

It seems dimcult to New York Yankees improved their Albritton, Mel Walker and Cornelius believe that this With the Lawn Bowls League position in the American circuit with Johnson, the dusity high-jumpers, knocked out in his first professional great fighter was completed, clubs at Happy Valley a win over Boston Red Sox, while and Ralph Metcalfe, will commence their tournament this Washington

the former Senator's

fight, but such

the case. defeated Marquette sprinter-all these boys afternoon for the cup presented by Philadelphia Athletics by 4-2. Messrs. Loxley and Co., agents for

and others are bringing the negro Scores: "Vat 69 Whisky",

forward to a place of prominence in NATIONAL LEAGUE

The Craigengower C.C. will play the Police R.C. on the Civil Service four C.C. green, and the Civil Service C.C. (Cox will meet the Hongkong F.C. on the declared Police RC. green.

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Yorkshire beat Sussex by wickets. Sussex 77 and 322 142). Yorkshire 330-0 (Mitchell 100) and 70-0 Langridge 4-32).

Lancashire beat Surrey by eight| wickets. Surrey 270 (Fishlock 130) and 133 (Wilkinson 8-53). Lanca- shiro 164 (Watts 5-43) and 241-2 (Paynter 104, Washbrook 107 not Dut).

Essex beat Gloucester by an in- nings and 65. Essex 553 (Avery 138, Nichols 159). Gloucester 97 (Nichols 9-37) and 391 (Barnett 161, Nichols 0-128).-Reuter,

BRITISH POLO TEAMS BEATEN AT LE TOUQUET

London, Aug. 28. Two of the British teams compet- ing in the second International Le Touquet polo tournament have been

beaten.

Mouvaux bent the 10th Hussars by goals to 3 and Les Cadets beat the Royals by 8 goals to 6%.

The 10th Hussars were represented

The pro-

INTERNATIONAL TOURNEY Four matches in the second round of the International Tournament will be decided to-morrow. gramme is as follows:

Portugal-

V. India (Kowloon 1.0.0.) England

v. Scotland (Club de Recreio) China

v. Switzerland (Indian R.C.) Philippines v. Ireland

(Civil Service C.C.)

KOWLOON B.G.C. TEAM AGAINST DOCKS

The following players will repre- sent the Kowloon B.G.C. in a Bowls match against Kowloon Docks on the latter's green this afternoon:

R. P. Phillips, H. L, Lockhart, A. Hyde-Lay and E. W. Lines (skip).

J. G. Meyer, P. T. Barby, A. J. Hall and R. Duncan (skip).

John Watson, E. A. Atkins, J. S. Logan and S. Randie (skip). M. White and L. Guy (skip).

G. C. Norman, L. G. Coombes, S.,

F. A. Cheesman, C. Walls, D. W. Waterton and A. Macfarlane (skip). Armstrong and C. B. Hosking (skip). L. A. R. Duncan, A. Macintyre, T.

by Maj. C. B. Harvey, Capt. Archer- R. C.. H. Kidd, Mr. Rogers and Mr. Shee, Lieut. J. Dudds and Lieut. I. K. Fitzpatrick represented the Royals. Muir. Capt. R. A. Hermon, Capt. Reuter.

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to. Try as you may, it is difficult to And a negro golfer of prominence. And how

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From December 12, 1912, when he made his debut in this world in St. Louls, Henry's life until quite re- cently, was no bed of roses. Left motherless at the age of five, young Henry was out on the streets ped-

Brothers and

papers when only seven years dling old, doing his bit to feed and keep the heads of thirteen brothers and sisters.

This gives one a rough idea of the

about basketball? The pattern in which Henry's life has stars in this field are seldom found been moulded, and there is tile in the ranks the dark skinned wonder that mere blows of a ring Aashes. The same goes for swim- rival are of such little matter to him.

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SPLENDID BASEBALL FOR THE WEEK-END

Two interesting baseball matches will be played at Caroline Hill during the week-end.

CCORDING. to news from Eng

mons, of Iowa State, a years back, and Brud Holland, of heavyweight boxer who recently. Cornell, last season, Negroes adapt relinquished his British fille, themselves easily to certain sports, trying to arrange a match between especially those requiring consider Dave Crowley, British lightweight able running or leaping. Their

champlon, and Henry

Armstrong physiques are such as to adapt them-work

world featherweight, lightweight and selves to long and speedy striding. welterweight

In the This afternoon, the Chinese Base Long of leg and lithe of muscle, the United States. ball Club and the Overseas Chinese negro athlete just fits into the sports Mr. Harry Levene, received a cable Crowley's manager, Will meet in a charity game, and to picture. As a race they are recely- from Farr telling him that he had morrow morning China and the ing greater oppertunities and their been talking to Mike Jacobs about British Empire will clash in the anal appearance in great numbers in col- of the International Tournament.

the match. Jacobs has made a pro- leges indicates they are striving to position, which is being considered.

Tribute from The Champion

of All-Malaya.

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for 1937, 1938, and

Open Singles and Doubles Champion of SINGAPORE, for 1936, 1937, 1938, writes:

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