1939-05-11 — Page 8

Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

CHAMPIONS RETAIN

RETAIN CROWN

Txul Wai-pui (left) and Trui Yun-pul won the Colony doubles title for the third time at the long- kong CC, yesterday afternoon when they defeated their club-mates, Ho Ka-lau and Leo Yue-wing, by three sels to one in the final. Though the champions were obviously the better pair, Ho and Lee at times played well enough to make yesterday's, tennis entertaining to walch--Staf Photographer,-

TSUI BROTHERS

LEE

OUTPLAY

AND HO IN SHANGHAI

SQUASH DOUBLES FINAL

CHAMPIONS

May 11, 1939.

STANDARD OF PLAY SHOWS A DEFINITE IMPROVEMENT

- Noxt Winter

No Moro Notes Until Past Season's Hockey

Under Review By "The Pilgrim"

As the local hockey season Is now officially ended, "The Pilgrim," our hockey corres- pondent. will, write no more notes until next winter.

Davis Cup.

BRITAIN BEGINS

| QUEST

With the victory of the Civilians over the Services last Sunday, the 1938-39 season of the Hongkong Hockey Association came to an end. It has been a very successful season and the stan- | dard of play generally has shown encouraging improvement, notably in the now tournament promoted by the H.K.H.A. which proved very popular.

New President Of

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Football League...........

London, May 2.

Mr. W. C. Cuff, Chairman of the Everton Football Club, becomes the new President of the Football League, In succes- sion to the late Mr. C. E Sutcliffe. Mr. Cuff was the only nominee when the list closed to-day.-Reuter

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the whole, the gunes were, and when young men go abroad, extremely Кесп and interesting. hockey is a very valuable assol Several matches produced exception-

MORE UMPIRES NEEDED Four Young Players tily fine hockey, the value of the

tournament reflected in such Onc of the big drawbacks to As Representatives games. This event was won by the League and Tournament hockey this

London, Apr. 24. Radio and Postal Sports Club, and season was the absence of sufficient A. S. Samuel, the Selangor bad- To Meet N. Zealand

umpires. Several efforts minion player, left London to-day very worthy winners they were too qualified as they went through the tourna-were made to induce more people and will embark on the 8.5. Aramis ment without a defeat.

to quality by a series of lectures at Marseilles en April 29 en route' given by two or three well-known for Singapore. The Interport resulted in a draw umpires, but only poor support was months stay in Europe he won the

During Great Britain will commence her with Macao and the new Six-A-Side forthcoming; the general lack of French and Irish badminton titles, 1939 Davis Cup challenge to-day at Tournament was won by the thinterest was very apparent. Brighton when she meets New Zea- Destroyer Flotilla. The innovation Jand. The match will continue to- proved very popular with players in

was runner-up in the Welsh Cham- morrow and conclude on Saturday.

Perhaps one of the reasons is that pionship, and semi-finalist in the The

the Colony. There is ittle doubt our umpires are subject to excessive | English, Scottish and Danish Cham- Lawn Tennis

Association that this type of game has now erlicham and lack of respect. So pionships. He also won the West of seleclors last week picked Charles gained a permanent place here. Hare, Laurence Sham, Ronald Shayes

very often it happens that umpires England, Sussex, Leicester, Notting- and Frank Wilde to

To England go the honours of receive nothing but abuse for theirham, Kent, and West Sussex county |Britain,

represent winning the International Tourna services,

titles. [ment. No one will deny that the Although Hare, Shayes and Wilde Englishmen had the best balanced Board should investigate ways and much," he told a Press representa- Once again I say that the Umpires "I have enjoyed my tour very have represented Britain in past team both in defence and altack. Davis Cup series, Shaft will be Shanghul, May 6.

Since hooking and footplay were means, and take drastic netion if live, but I am glad to be getting L. II. Wade defeated E. B. Cumine making his Davis Cup debut.

abollshed.

necessary, to make it worth while back to wagi weather." what has been chiefly by 9-7, 10-6, 5-9, 8-5 to win the

Frederick Stowe was elected as noticeable this reason was cleaner for people to take up umpiring senior squash rockets championship the non-playing captain of the team and more scientifle type of play. It seriously. One would be to consider Samuel said he had declined an of Shanghai last night at the Race and selection caused some sur-has meant definite progress towards whether clubs should not meet the match in Singapore on the day he Clubs courts the winner being slight priae. Ife was picked to replace the better hockey, and in comparison to travelling expenses incurred by ly more in the picture than his 55-year-old Herbert Hover Barrett, a year ago, the game now is muchHowever, a tribute should be paid able to do himself justice. opponent, although the run of the who for many years was non-playing faster and cleverer.

.to games saw Cumine pushing play but skipper of the British leam.

those umpires who voluntarily "I shall not have played for five being unable to tire out his opponent Barrett La interesting

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character

carried out their duties in a most weeks," he said, "and, in addition, The ladies, too, enjoyed o very capable manner. And much of the I shall have to re-accustom myself Given fewer opportunities to make use of who replied with equally good shots and has been made the butt of many geo season which included their Association's success can be traced to Malayan playing conditions.

and who was eventually able to run humorous articles in the foreign brillant

I their wonderful retrieving qualities than in their to match point in grand style. press because he frequently sits on Shanghai. The Seven-A-Side Tour- as Mr. D. Smith, Tournament Secre- I have been home about two months

Interport victory

over to the men behind the scenes such have offered to go to Singapore after recent matches, Ho Ka-lau and Lee Yuo-wing, the In the junior championship, which the tennis courts under the umpire's nument, won by St. Andrew's in the tary, and the recently-retired energe and to play anybody they want me "giant-killors” of the 1939 Colony tennis cham. ftook place immediately after the chair dressed in a morning cont and senior section and by the Hongkonetic Hon. Secretory, Mr. R. Hender- to."

senior had been completed, T. E.top-hat despite a blazing sun.

Ladies in the junior, as usual wasson. pionships, were able to win only one set from the

LEFT-HANDED STAR

well-supported, and the winners in May the next season be even more Hare is the leading player of the the League were "Y" Ladles (Caer successful. Tsui brothers in the doubles final on the stand me being a thrilling offer in four. Born in London July 18, 1915, Clark Cup) and Club de Recreio

Ladies (Brawn Cup). court yesterday. This they fully deserved al- not put the ded by B-0, and could he is tall, athletically built, fair and game away. He had left-handed. Identified as a Bir-

The Hongkong Ladies' Hockey though in the other three sets they were com- arcasions but couldnt came up

match point in hand on no less thanmingham player because he has lived Association this season, for some un-

known reason,

to stage the point whereus his opponent pletely outplayed.

To Show Retrieving Power Losers Given Few Chances

(By "Abe"!

WORTH THE MONEY Because the brothers were

of

0-0, 0-4, 10-0, the last and deciding Baker defeated G. Beckerman by

the

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"Bunny" Austin.

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LADIES DO WELL

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did not always go to the Tsuis. At the provided sufficient measure forlater became 5-3, at which stage the of his American employer. He wat stickwork and play remarkably no enable the players to come to Paris Golf Club

from nit to take the lead n as the successor of Fred Perry and so popular in the pust. Those games aguin Baker rullied to equalise the

He has a cannon-bail service and the season. The games were omitted were generally played to wind up That the Tout brothers won was it was difcult to anticipate them. score at 9-0, going on to win

a powerful forehand drive with probably because of general lack of only to be expected; but in the man- On several occasions when they ex- crucial point at 10-0.

which he frequently scores clean interest which prevailed after the

The Royal Hongkong Golf Club is full-blooded smash ner of their doing so they showed pected a

und

now celebrating its Golden Jubilee passing shots. He covers that when the

mood

takes them positioned themselves just outside

ground Interpart was won. This was a great well although Lic

and a commemorating the occasion they can be devastating against local the base-line for it they found the and Pearce; only this

appears to have a plly. time they cumbersome gait. He first gained

with competitions for all sections, at combinations, In yesterday's

ball coming slowly over the net and found they were up against a pair prominence by winning the British match,

SCHOOLBOYS IMPROVE

Paris, May 9. Fanling, Happy Valley and Deep for instance, they made many dif were yards too late to retrieve. At who showed no weakness at all.

was very impressed with the Despite the refusal of the Ministry | Water Bay. Acult shola look simple, and at times other times, the angle of the Tsula' Starting the match with

junior championship in 1931. He has improvement сод-

of the Combined of War to grant leave to the top they placed the ball in such a man-shots proved too scale and they werendence. Ho and Lee wont st singles and doubles titles and cave the young players worthy of men and Pellizza, who are now mobilised Secretary of the Club:

The following telegrams of con- won a number of major European Schoolboys' team this winter. Among ranking tennis players, Yvonne Petra gratulation were received by the ner as to give their opponents no left standing.

hree games before the champions Donald Budge a terrife fight in the tion are G. Singh (Q.C.), K. Singh on the Spanish border. chauce, whatsoever of even reaching

they were were able to settle down, but one first set in the Davis Cup challenge (St. Joseph's), D. Crary (D.B.S.), W. to-day picked for the French Davis Jublice and wishing you prosperity in "Congratulations on attaining your them, let alone retrieving,

this had been accomplished the latter round in 1837. collected the next eight games in a

Pryde (C.B.S.), R. Chang (DB.S.), Cup team, along with the veteran the years to come-from the captain

ond E. Men- The best parts of the match were superior for the most parl, the match thereby taking the set in the cup ̈play' because" he had to return donca, J.-Remedios, R.--Castro,~p. Christian Boussus and Bernard Des- and members of the Hung Jao Golf

Last year he withdrew from Davis K. Mohamed (Q.C.) when Ho and Lee were playing

row, was not as satisfying as a more even ninth game and establishing a lead

Club well. Then the best rallies of the contest might have been; yet as a

of 2-0 in the

Thus far, the military authorities high." second. This lead to the United States upon the death Rull and A. P. Silva (La Salle). spectacle game were seen, and the honours

good tennis, the good

These youngsters have speed, good have refused the leaves which would annis bits

challengers hoisted up some deep

asked to play, after Clarence Jones the net, the challengers distinguished spectators'

полеу.

One hockey. Should they keep it up, I to play joba which caused the Taul brothers was dropped from the British team.

China in the first Though outplayed and apparently to make a succession

round "Lucifer Golfing Society themselves, volleying and sometimes realising it, Ho and Lee were always their anxiety to

Tall, dark

would go so far as to say that they matches at and powerfully built,

the Statue Rolland greetings and congratulations." errors in smashing with great skill, but their

Shayes is 26 years of age.

have the makings of future Inter- Garros, on May 10, 20 and 21, put them

L.G.U. MEDAL RESULTS de

away.

Hence, it is not unlikely that ground strokes were for behind those striving, however, and if their

porters. Though 5-5 was called, the chamo- a style something like Fred Perry's

It the H.K.H.A. run

Mrs. W. J. E, Mackenzie with a a Junior France, which held the Davis Cup for of when fence was often pierced by the im

their plons took the next two games for and concentrates on attacking strokes. Division in their maculate placements

tournament next six years, will be eliminated in the card of 104-17-87 won the Silver the set

He has ponents, they retallated frequently

a powerful service and good season, my advice to the schoolboys is first round by the two able Chinese Division of the Ladies' Golf Union. In their previous games, Ho and with success, taking advantage of

GAMES WITH SERVICE

volleys.

to join up without fall. I ала я players, Kho Sin-kle and W. C. Choy, Medal Round, played at Fanling on Lee were prominent with splendid some poor

DOUBLES EXPERT lobs

The third set enw games go with by the brothers 10

strong advocate of all schools run- whose recent victories in England May 9, over the Old Course, retrieving. Yeste.day they found on reduce the arrears.

service until 3-0 was called. Hu Born on March 19, 1911, Wilde laning at least two separate games in show them to be up to form.

Mrs. H. W. R. Williams 02-23-00 the other side of the net a pair who On the whole, Ko and Lee pro-won his to retain the lead at 7.5 probably the best known of the four the winter. If they have grounds M. Brugnon has been named non- and Mrs, T. S. Morrison 97—20-71 varied their returns so often and bably played as well as they did and then they broke through the men chosen to represent Britain. He good enough, one of these ganes playing Captain of the French team, were winners in the Bronze Divi- placed their shots so accurately that against the Rumjahn cousins or Duff younger Tsule service to take the won British Junior singles, should certainly be hockey.

-United Press.

slan, hold over the New Course. se; after losing two set points in their doubles and mixed doubles cham- Hockey is now a universal Ramo favour.

pionships in 1928. Later he reached In the fourth set the Touis tight-the final and semi-final rounds at ened up their game once again, and Wimbledon in the open champion-United States and is a close friend

of Paul Lukas, the film star.

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of the champions, both played some lovely drives.

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