1939-05-18 — Page 20

Thursday,

HONGKONG STELEGRAPH

May 18, 1939

FILIPINO DAVIS CUPPERS IMPRESS IN EXHIBITION AMPON REVEALS Chinese Beat Royal Navy In Kotewall Cup

NO WEAKNESS IN HIS REPERTOIRE

SANCHEZ SERVES WELL AND VOLLEYS FINELY

(By "Veritas")

The tennis exhibitions given yesterday by Amado Sanchez and Felicisimo Ampon were thoroughly enjoyable, without being tremendously impressive-judged by Davis Cup standards. But the Filipinos had a real excuse for not striking par form. Buffeted by the angry China Sea for a couple of days, they landed yesterday afternoon still feeling decidedly shaky, and walked straight on to the Hongkong Cricket Club, stand court, a type of surface which is strange to them.

Under such a handleap. It was hardly expected they would hit their best tennla form. Nevertheless, they played well enough to leave very pleasant memories for the large crowd of

who turned up spectators to see them engago local tennis luminaries in doubles

matches.

SHANGHAI INTERESTED IN VISIT

Ampon, four feet something of concentrated virility and hidden power, distinguished himself with a grand all-round exhibition, but San- chez revealed a weakness

Shanghal, May 18. or two,

On Sunday afternoon, Lewis Car- notably overhead, which department will need a fair amount of polishing son, Shanghai's champlon, meets the Amado Davis up before he takes the court in the Filipino

Cupper Davis Cup.

Sanchez, while Harold K. F. LI, one Both players exploited the half-of the leading Chinese tennis players, swing forehand and backhand drives opposes the other Filipino Davis to perfection, and both volleyed with Cupper, Felicisimo Ampon. that inclsiveness which is so lament-

will

oppose Carson ably absent from Hongkong tennis.

AMPON IMPRESSES

Ampon showed no obvious weak- ness. When hard pressed he lobbed with brilliant judgment, and when on the attack rarely failed to bring off a spectacular volleying or smashi- While his service had not ing coup. the speed of his colleague's, it scored heavily because of its cunning place- ment and the heavy top spin which made the ball kick up at awkward angles,

Both players gave an object lesson in the return of service, while Sanchez evoked rounds of applause

hand, court almost untouchable.

Another remarkable feature of the | dxhibitions was Sanchez's return of service on the backhand. The stroke,

and C. C.

The Floud" Squires, the leading - pair In Shanghai, in the doubles.

Between matches, H. H. Collaco

-bitno Sisul

Égkutan fastiana to.

Felicisimo Ampon (left) and Amado Sanchez, the Filipino Davis Cuppers, who are on their way to the United States to take part in the 1939 competition, arrived in Hongkong yesterday afternoon, and went directly to the Hongkong C.C. to participate in an exhibition. Despite a rough crossing they were in good form and delighted the gallery with some brilliant stroking. As can be seen, Ampon is very young and Is probably the smallest player to be selected for the Davis Cup--Staff Photographer.

W.C. Choy Described As

and J. G. Forbes will oposse David Trish Sweep Tsul and H. Tong in a doubles game.

Local tennis fons ore discussing with great interest the match be-. tween Carson and Sanchez, since the local champion was stated to meet the Filipino champlon due to the fact that, he was invited to play Manila in the recent open title series.. Pressure of business, however, forced Carson to cancel the trip.

In

Carson is putting in some practice. this week. Despite not, having play- ed since last season, Carson is known as an "Iron man" and always in

United Press.

FRANCE AND CHINA

do easily made and so cleverly dis

Paris, May 17. gulsed, continually left the incoming France and China in the Davis 4orver helpless on the wrong. foot Cup tennis draw will play on Thurs- while the ball found its way uner-day, Friday and Saturday.

The singles ties are singly to the opposite backhand

Mixing Of Counterfoils Continued

"Chinese

Lacoste"

Wins Melbury Cup By Beating D. MacPhail

London, April 26.

Both the Melbury singles cups have now holders. Miss K. Stammers, finding the 14-year-old Mlle. Kormoczy a much more tractable opponent than the 16-year-old Miss Nicoll, won the women's event. W. C. Choy, of China the third Oriental victor in the last eight years, took the men's.

•

Unfortunate Incident Close Of The

Mars

Local Soccer

(By "Áhe")

Season

Failing to beat the Royal Navy last Saturday, the South China A.A. had to call upon Leo Wai- tong to turn out at centro-forward in their decid- ing Kotewall Cup match against the sailors at Caroline Hill yesterday afternoon and won by four goals to one..

As the proceeds of the Kotowall Cup competition go to charity, yesterday's game was useful in that quite a sizeable sum must have been realised; but purely as an exhibition, of soccer, or even as a stepping stone towards better football relationship between the Navy and the Chinese, one doubts whether it was worth while.

Starting of quite promisingly, the worse. The Navy right back lost his match deteriorated as it progressed femper and butted Yeung Shul-yick and tempers became so frayed in the | in, the face with his head for which second half that Hendy, the right he was given marching orders.

Lee back, was sent off the field. This | Wai-tong increased South China' was indeed a pity, for before he lead from the resultant penalty kick. committed the offence which caught the eye of the referee he had been ona of the best defenders in the Navy team, and in the first half had Baved one certain goal after Dickerson had been drawn out of his charge,

For the deterioration of the play, I am afraid the ocial in charge of the game must take his due share of the blame. Some of his decisions were dimcult to understand, and a fow of the players became rather rattled as a result.

GLOOM OVER GAME The Hendy Incident cast a gloom over the rest of the match, and the subsequent play was a deplorable way of seeing out the 1830-39 soccer sensor

Shortly afterwards Lal Shlu-wing. added the fourth goal for tho Chinese, and this was the end of the scoring.

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Play became very ragged and it must have been a relief to all con- cerned when the final whistle was blown.

As the result of this victory, the Chinese have won all the football competitions in the 1938-30 season. They have carried off the League, the Shield, the Lai Wah Cup, the Sunday Herald International Com- petition and now the Kotowall Cup.

Teams:

Navy Dickerson; Hendy, Honeywell, Cooper, Gal- With the Navy taking the lead, Lers; Armstrong, Spiller, Morris, through Morris after ten minutes, Thoburn and Wooton. the half saw some good and even South China Cheung Wing-chol; play and though Fung King-cheung Lee Tin-sang, Lee Kwok-wai, Kwok equalised shorily afterwards the Ying-kee, Lau Hing-chol, Leung. Navy certainly held their own. Had Wing-chlu; Tang Kwong-sum, Fung they been able to take advantage of King-cheung, Leo Wal-tong, the penalty which was awarded them Shlu-wing and Leung Shul-yick, for on Infringement by Lee Tin-sang this decision appeared to be rather hard on the Chinese as Lee seemed

at the

same time

as Morris-the

TOM FARR DEFEATS L. GAINS

Lai

tramlines. Like every good player. Find Kho Sín-kie, Boussua ́and Choy,Sweepstake-and-Indication-of-wide-with...ideal temperament...for.. the Stammersand, Miss N, B. Brown, ed. clcor. nimast from the couldTommy Farr, former British and"

writes

merely to be jumping for the ball Boxing Dublin, May 17.

sallora night have been spurred on for his terrifle serving which scored perfect physical condition. There-hundreds of thousands of people

to greater efforts. But Cooper, who present moment, when ace after acc. Teul Wai-pui found fore he is conceded a good chance the threatening conditions in

came up from centre-halt to take his cross-court service from the right against the Filipino champlon Europe are wishing that they had a

the kick, shot straight at Cheung Wing-chol, who had no difficulty in nest egg put by for emergencies, the

saving. golden possibilities of the sweepstake

It was a day ill-dited by wind and merg bt Misa Z. Kormoczy, 0-1, 6-1, organised under the auspices of Irish dust-storms for good lawn

"At the other end of the field the tennis, Men's Doubles: M. D. Deloford and Chinese, also missed a chance of going Hospitala. Trust are attracting more and the large crowd saw only one C. M. Jones bt C. E. Malfroy and A. ahead. After Dickerson had been attention than ever.

aral

with an exclting Anish. This D. Brown, 6-3, 2-0, 6-3.

drawn out of his charge, Lai Sulu- In all parts of the globe, eyes are was the women's doubles, in which Women's Doubles: Miss M. Nuthall wing shot into an apparently empty

Cardiff, May 17. Destremeau fixed on the draw for the Derby Miss Nuthall and, Miss Nicoll, both and Miss J. Nicoll bt Mias K.

Egon, but Hendy came up and head- Thirty-five thousand Boxing en- thusiasts in the.open dir to-night saw Nevertheless, South Sanchez has his pet shot, and this Petra and Pellizza will meet Kho spread Interest taken in the event was game, beat their fourth good pair in 6-3, 2-6, 8-8.

Mixed Doubles: C. E. Malfrey and not be prevented from going ahead Empire heavyweight champion, de one appears to be it.

Sin-kie and J. H. Ho. The singles ties manifested by the varied nationalities succession to win on the post, Undoubtedly the least impressive will be reversed on Saturday. Reu-represented among the crowds who A. Walls Myers in the Daily Tele Miss B. Nuthall bt M. D. Deloford when Lee Wal-tong, eluding the fent Larry Gains, the Canadian negro

and Mrs. M. R. King, 6-2, 6-2. thronged the Mansion House at graph. thing about the Filipinos was their ter.

attentions of Cooper for a change, boxer, who retired at the end of the Dublin to-day to witness the second One had looked for Hungary's ..

sumcient me to put in a afth round of the fight. overhead. While Ampon was con-

day's mixing of the counterfolls. junlor champion to win a few more

which beat Dlekersoni slatent in his returns, the shots often

No more garnes against Miss Stammcts, but

scoring lacked, "devil", while Sanchez show little too much for him, though he Under the eagle-eyed scrutiny of not to beat her. The Uttle invader no idea of making a smash from scored occasionally with a machine Government-appointed auditors and has enterprise, agility and courage, any position other than on top of the gun bullet cross-court forchand net. His effort to drop the ball from drive, His least successful stroke in colourful costumes tended the d high lobs was as bad in tactles as it was a smash-volicy, which generally pneumatic mixing machines and this to handle the attack

and in Saturday'a was in exocullion.

found the net or cleared the lines. process will be concluded to-morrow, could shift, her

a player who at will from a It seemed that his awing was a little the draw Itself commencing on Friday

familiar base were doomed to failure. too long to make this shot effective, morning.

Mias -Nicoll had the weapons to The Tsul brothers shared two seta with the visitors.

and Ninety-ono. horses are entered for beat Miss Stammers on Friday, but Ampon took the first set at 6-3 and the race. Their names will be drawn not quite the requisite pace, Mile. lost the second at 4-6.

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LOCAL PLAYERS

+

The local players, did themselves Jusice, especially Tsui Wal-pul and W. A. H. Duff. The latter thoroughly enjoyed himself in a class of tennis which he has missed for some time, and quickly made use of the oppor- tunity by producing some sizzling drives, fast services and gorgeous

Sanchez

Against Duif and Goldman,

in radiant setting, two hundred girls but hem clicco is limited,|

of n

her efforia

FINAL ACCEPTORS FOR DERBY

from the crystal drum on Friday and Kormorczy had the pace but not the List Of Jockeys

and the fact that her back- weapons: the every one of them will be worth

ing hand drive is produced in such a way visitors won the Brat set 0-3, con- least £307 while some will bring

to impel' a retura lo

a loft- ceded the second at 4-6, and won the the owners of the lucky counterfolls a third at 7-5, after leading 6-2.

£30,000, £16,000 and £10,000 ac-hander's stronger wing-her fore There will be further exhibitions cording to whether the horse finishes hand-served to illustrate the class on the stand court this afternoon, first, second or third-International which at present divides the Con- tinental Junior Champion from the when singles matches will be in- Press Bureau.

wristy volleys

Ti Wai - pul also compared favourably with the visitors and sometimes brought off coups which would have done credit to the highest cluded.

ranking players. But his brother The programme for to-day's ox- never recovered from a nervous start [hibition is:-

and persisted in making blundering Interceptions at the net.

Goldman obviously, found the un- tisually fast dature of the tailles

Doubles. Ampon and Sanchez v. Rumjahn cousins.

Singles Ampon v. Tsui Yun-pul; Sanchez v. Tsul Wal-pul.

Offer Made To Louis To Defend Heavyweight Title Against Tom Farr

Jack Doyle Marries Actress

Also Announced

London, May 17. The following are the final accep- tors for the Derby with their jockeys: Triguero (Burns), Vesperian match calls for little detailed (Elliott), Hellopolls (Perryman), Fox notices the result was more or less Cub (Gordon Richards), Romeo II Inevitable. Miss Slammers won the (Brethes), Hastings

Brat

nine paints, and only the pro-miral's Walk (Harry

valling hurricano.prevented her

her from (Smirke), Maunakea winning a love sot.prom

ones),

Ad- Dhoil

Chance (uckaby); (Bear). Falr In the second set less pron Legend (Carslake), Blue Peter

Major Brockes (Simpson), over-drive, Mille. Kormoczy did bet

(E

ter, and should have won at least Smith), Buxton (Stephenson), Roger two more games. She lost one by stan Castle (Marshall), Atout Maritre double-faulting at 40--15. And in (Cliff Richards), Casanova (Nevett); the last two gaines she struck many and Hypnotist (Beasley).

a gallant blow, winning one rally The following have also accepted Jack Doyle, the Irish heavy-weight Miss Stammers could afford to serve

with a really brilliant volley, But but no jockeys have yet been found: Fairstone, Wheatland, Ortiz, Ball- boxer, and Maria Castenada, the three double-faults in one game and man

Larchfield, Roderick Dhu, Mexican actress who appears in yet keep the whip hands all the Dilbhara, Pointla, Snowcap and Alme under the name of Movita, time.

Salford II-Reuter. married last month at

Mexico, by the civil re

were

"Joo Louis has been offered a guarantee of £30,000; free of tax, to defend his title in a return contest with Tommy Farr in London at the end of July or early in August, according to Farr's man- turn from London. ager, Joe Gould,

more of

LATEST CALL-OVER

London, May 17. The latest call-over is as follows:: Blue Peler. 75/20:(t, and. 0.) --- Hypnotist, 17/2 (0), B/1 (1) Admiral's Walk, 100/0 (0), 100/8

Hellopolis, 100/8 (t and o.) Fairstone, 200/6 (p), 18/1 (t). Friguero, 13/1 (0) Fox Cub 100/7 ( and o.) Casanova, 22/1 (0), 25/1 (t)" Romeo, 25/1 (9)

CHINESE LACOSTE

Choy, who reminds me it is true, we are married," Lacoste every time I see him play- Jack Doyle, told Reuter, speaking he has the Frenchman's calculated over the long-distance telephone control

*Loo under pressure—was from Tia Juana, Mexico, we were sound for MacPhall. The wind des too much in love to wait for my re-dected some of his best shots in the (t)

first set, and the Scot might have "Movita. Is the most beautiful and won it if when leading and [sweetest girl' thero is. I am going having points for a 5-3: Isad, ho

my whole life to her from had not: served devote

double fault and Gould told a reporter in Now 000 or the equivalent to a "milion now on, like a reformed boy in a made other mistakes. York recently that he was authorised dollars gato in America.

[story-book, Ourn is the only pos Having taken the opening bout in NOT TO GETmance of my lo

10th Emme, Choy was never of the marriage threatened. The firkt, news.

again. Hia prasing ahots Hollywood.

coming up with a head-down racket, was frequently, frapped, and the way in which Choy used the strong wind

Sidney Hulls, the London promoter,

to

the

to make this offer on behalf of TONY ADMwver, the evented by Movita herself from wero so finely gauged that MacPhall, 1

and he said he had discussed plans

According to

for the fight with the American pro-winner of the...

tle fight between moter, Mike Jacobs, who has an Louls and Galento is to be matched option on Loula's services for the championship with the "win- of the fight between Lou Nova "Mike Jacobs is very Interested in the proposal," said Gould, and he and Max Baer on June 1. The pro

"GRANDEST CABALLERO”. "Jack is the grandest caballero

in have aver mint," Movits said, "He master

مام

Buxton, 25/1 (6) 28/1 (1) Hastings, 28/1 (0). Dhoti, 33/1 (1. and o.) Ortiz, 33/1 (0) Solford, 93/1

-is plitting it up..to Louis's manager Powodbout-li to take place has tiven in Mèxico fas-months," and boat ontrol Panted him, to Wheatland, "40/1′ (0)...

*for

A

Nespéritin 8, 93/1:(0)... Atbut Maitre, 33/1 (0). is his servant, not allowing it to

Major Brackey, 40/1 (0)

of the

Cho

Fairfax, 40/1 (0) L Bellman, 40/10 Jacobs sald:"In my opinion, we just decided not to postpone the may well. eam B. valuasie, pain

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Rogerstons Casile, 50/1 (0) marriage any lonker maallons he country the forthcoming Davia has defended his title against Tony Nova Battling Contenders for him in London, in the salddis of Cup match-aguidat #rinces in

Maunaker, 50/1- (6) thread outstanding Galento, on June 28.0-p

RUXYZ, Sonic: WC, Chay bt D.King Lind, ño/1(0) Gould estimated that, including Loula's crown-

Movita appeared in Muling MacPhail war darAll the other acceptors have beer lolevision rights the fight would

Women

As Singles: Miss K. E. Stam- [öffered at 56/1-R®® +44 (Continued on Page 9.) on the Bounty" and "Paradiso Lale."

at once. I do not expect a final September. 11awer, however, until after. Louis

draw a "gato..

wet more than £200,--

of.

Incidentally, Bob Pastor, who re-

had

Just

SHOT

fool

place in this half. South China initiated several

macments. good

before the whistle but spoiled them by getting off-side. The half-time signal was blown when Fung King-cheung was in possession a few yards from the goal and just in the act of shooting. His shot was tipped over the bar by Dickerson, however.

FREQUENT FOULS

Flay was not nearly so good in the second half. Fouls wero more fre quent and then came the Hendy episode which made things, even

WHITE

The bout was scheduled to go to 12 rounds, but Gains retired after injuring his right hand.

Fart was superior in every depart ment and attacked throughout, land- ing easily to the face. He was also speedier than Gains, who relied on his defensive skill.

Gains was almost down in the fifth round, Farr landing a right swing to the head,

Both welthed in at 14 st. 81⁄2 lbs. Threatening rain kept of, but there was a cold wind-Reuter

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