1939-05-18 — Page 32

Thursday,

·HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

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 Sanchoz and Felicisimo Ampon woro 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 handicap it was hardly expected they would hit their best tennis form. Nevertheless, they played well enough to leave very pleasant memories for the large crowd of spectators who turned up to see them engage local tennis luminaries in doubles matches.

something Ampon, four feet

of concentrated virility und hidden power, distinguished himself with a grand all-round exhibition, but Son- chez revealed a weakness or two, notably overhead, which department will need a fair amount of polishing up before he takes the court in the Davis Cup.

SHANGHAI.. INTERESTED: IN VISIT

Shanghai, May 18.

On Sunday afternoon, Lewis Car- son, Shanghai's champlon, meets the Filipino Davis Cupper, Amado 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, Fellelsimo Ampon. that inclsiveness which is so lament- ably absent from Hongkong tennis.

ness.

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AMPON -IMPRESSES

Ampon showed no obvious weak- When hard pressed he lobbed with brilliant judgment, and when on the attack rarely failed to bring

spectacular volleying off

smash ing coup. While his service had not not 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 for his terrific serving which scored ace after ace. Tauf Wal-pul found his cross-court service from the right hand court almost untouchable.

one

Are

The Filipinos will oppose Carson and C. C. "Dud" Squires, the leading pair in Shanghai, in the doubles.

Between matches, H. H. Collaco Faul and H. Tong in and J. G. Forbes will oposse David a doubles game. Local tennis fans with great Interest the match be

discussing tween Carson and Sanchez, since the local champlon was slated to meet the Filipino champion due to the fact that he was invited to play in Pressure of business, however, forced Manila in the recent open title series,

Carson to cancel the trip:

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

Fellelsimo Ampon (left) and Amado Banchez, 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 a very young and is probably the smallest player to be selected for the Davis Cup-Staff Photographer,

W.C. Choy Described As

Irish Swoop

"Chinese Lacoste

Mixing Of Wins Melbury Cup By Counterfoils Beating D. MacPhail

Continued.

Dublin, May 17.

hundreds of

At the present moment, when

London, April 26.

Both the Melbury singles cups have new holders. Miss K Stammers, finding the 14-year-old Mile. Kermoczy a much more perfect physical condition. There fore he is conceded a good chance viewing the threatening conditions in women's event. W. C. Choy, of China the third Oriental victor in thousands of people tractable opponent than the 16-year-old Miss Nicoll, won the against the Filipino champion

the last eight years, took the men's. United Press.

FRANCE AND CHINA

Paris, Muy 17. France and China in the Davis Cup tennis draw will play on Thurs- |day, Friday and Saturday,

Europe are wishing that they had a nest egg put by for emergencies, the golden possibllitles of the sweepstake organised under the auspices of Irish Hospitals Trust are attracting more attention than ever.

Unfortunate Incident Mars Close Of The Local Soccer Season

(By "Abe")

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

As the proceeds of the Katewall 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 temper and butted Yeung Shui-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's was Indeed a pity, for before he lead from the resultant penalty kick. committed the offence which caught

Shortly afterwards Lai Shlu-wing the eye of the referee he had been added the fourth goal for one of the best defenders in the

the Navy team, and in the first half had saved Chinese, and this was the end of the

scoring. one certain goal after Dickerson had been drawn out of his charge.

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

For the deterioration of the play, I am afraid the official in charge of the game must take his due share

of the blame. Some of his decisions As the result of this victory, the were difficult to understand, and a Chinese have won all the football few of the players became rather competitions in the 1938-39 season. 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 deplorabló way of seeing out the 1038-39 soccer season.

They have carried off the League, the Shield, the Lai Wah Cup, the Sunday Herald International Com- petition and now the Kotewall Cup.

Teams:

Royal Navy-Dickerson; Hendy, Honywill, Honeywell, Cooper, Gal- With the Navy, taking the lead,liers;, Armstrong, Spiller, Morris, through Morris after ten minutes, Thoburn and Wooton. the first half saw some good and even South Chinn-Cheung Wing-chol play and though Fung King-cheung Lee Tin-sang, Lee Kwok-wal, Kwok equalised shortly afterwards the Ying-kee, Lau Hing-chol, Leung

Navy certainly held their own. Had Wing-chiu; Tang Kwong-sur, Fung they been able to take advantage of King-cheung. Lee Wal-tong, Lai the penalty which was awarded them Shlu-wing and Leung Shul-yick. for an Infringement by Lee Tin-sang this decision appeared to be rather hard on the Chinese as Lee seemed

merely to be jumping for the ball Boxing sailors might have been spurred on

at the same time as Morris-the

came up from centre-half to take to greater efforts. But Cooper, who the kick, shot straight at Cheung Wing-choi, who had no difficulty in It was a day -fitted by wind and mers bt Miss Z. Kormoczy, 6-1, 6-1.

saving.

At the other end of the fleld the tennis, t-storms for good lawn

Men's Doubles: M. D. Deloford and Chiriese also missed a chance of going the large crowd saw only one C. M. Jones bt C. E. Malfroy and A. ahead. Atter Dickerson had been

with an exciting finish. This D. Brown, 6-3, 2-0, 6-3.

In all parts of the globe, eyes are was the women's doubles, in which Women's Doubles: Miss M. Nuthall drawn out of his charge, Lat Shiu- The singles ties are Destromeau xed on the draw for the Derby Miss Nuthall and Miss Nicoll, both and Miss 3. Nicoll bt Mies H E gool, but Hendy came up and hend and Kho Sin-kle, Boussus and Choy. Sweepstake and indication of wide- with ideal temperament for the Stammers and Miss N. B. Brown, Petra and Fellizza will meet Kho spread interest taken in the event was game, beat their fourth good pair in 6-3, 2-0, 8-0.

manifested by the varied nationalities succession to win on the post, writes Mixed Doubles: C. E. Malfroy and not be

and Mrs. M. R. King, 0-2, 6-2,

ed

d clear, almost fouth China could

TOM FARR DEFEATS L. GAINS

Thirty-five

Cardiff, May 17. thousand boxing en-

air to-night

thusiasts in the open a British and

Sin-kle and J. H. Ho. The singles teresented among the crowds who A. Wallis. Myers in the Daily Tele-Miss--B.-Nuthali-bt-M:-D.-Delofard when of Cooper for a change, boxer, who retired at the end of the

will be reversed-on-Saturday-Reu fer.

Another remarkable feature of the exhibitions was Sanchez's return of service on the backhand. The stroke, so easily made and so cleverly dis guised, continually left the incoming server helpless on the wrong foot while the ball found its way. uner- ringly to the opposite. backhand tramlines. Like every good player, Sanchez has his pet shot, and this

he appears to be it.

Undoubtedly the least-Impressive thing about the Filipinos was their

thronged the Mansion House at graph. overhead. While Ampon was con-

Dublin to-day to witness the second One

had looked for Hungary's sistent in his returns, the shots often

day's mixing of the counterfoils. junior. champlon to win a few more lacked "devil", while Sanchez show little too much for him, though he

games against Misa Stammers, but ed no idea of making a smash from scared occasionally with a machine Government-appointed auditors and has enterprise, agility and courage, Under the eagle-eyed scrutiny not to beat her. The little invader any position other than on top of the gun bullet cross-court net. His effort to drop the ball from drive.

forehand in radiant setting, two hundred girls but high lobs was as bad in tactics as it was a smash-volley, which generally pneumatic mixing machines and this and in Saturday's cyclone her efforts His least successful stroke in colourful costumes tended the but her tactical experience is limited, found the net or cleared the lines. process will be concluded to-morrow could shift her at will

to handle the attack of It seemed that his swing was a little the draw itself commencing on Friday familiar base were doomed to failure. of a player who too long to make this shot effective. morning.

The Tsul brothers shared two sets with the visitors. Sanchez

was in execution.

LOCAL PLAYERS

The local players did themselves jusice, especially Tatu Wai-pul and W. A. H. Dull. The latter thoroughly enjoyed himself in a class of tennis which he has missed for some tine, and

quickly

made use of the oppor tunity by producing some sialing drives, fast services and gorgeous

wristy Vat-pul

Goldman,

and

from a

FINAL ACCEPTORS FOR DERBY

List Of Jockeys Also Announced

Miss Nicoll had the weapons Ninety-one 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

the requisite pace. Mile. quite the requ lost the second

from the crystal drum on Friday and Kormorczy had the at 4-6.

pace but not the Against Duft

and

the every one of them will be worth at weapons; and the fact that her back- visitors won the first set 0-3, con- least £307, while some will bring hand drive is produced in such a way ceded the second at 4-8, and won the the owners of the lucky counterfoils as to impel a return to

a loft-1 third at 7-5, after leading 6-2. £30,000, £15,000 and £10,000 ac-hander's stronger wing-her fore- TBUT

also compared There will be further exhibitions cording to whether the horse finishes hand-served to illustrate the class

London, May 17. favourably with the visitors and on

the stand court this afternoon, first, second or third-International which at present divides the Con- The following are the final accep- sometimes brought off coups which when singles matches will be in-Press Bureau.

tinental junior Champion from the tors for the Derby with their jockeys: would have done credit to the highest cluded.

British

Triguero (Burns), Vesperian ranking players. But his brother The programme for to-day's ex-

The match calls for little detailed (Elliott), Heliopolis (Perryman), Fox never recovered from a nervous start hibition :

notice: the result was more or less Cub (Gordon Richards). Romeo li Inevitable. Miss Stammers won the (Brethes), Hastings (Jones), Ad first nine points, and only the pre-miral's Walk (Harry vailing hurricane prevented her from (Smirke), Maunakca winning a love set.

and persisted in making blundering Doubles-Ampon, and Sanchez v. interceptions at the net.

| Rumjahn cousins.

Goldman obviously found the un- Slagles-Ampon v. Teul Yuni-pul;| usually fast nature of the rallies a Sanchez v. Teul Wai-pui.

Offer Made To Louis To Defend Heavyweight Title Against Tom Farr

Jack Doyle

Marries Actress

ovor the

Dhoti

Chance (Rickaby),

Fatair

(Lowrey),

(Simpson),

In the second set, less prone to Major Brackey over-drive, Mic, Kormeczy did bet Legend (Caraloke), Blue Peter (E. ter, and

and should have won at least Smith), Buxton (Stephenson), Reger- two more games. She lost one by (Cliff Richards), Casanova (Nevett), by ston Cartle (Marshall), Atout Maritro double-faultingut 40-15. And in

the last two games she struck many and Hypnotist (Beasley),

LATEST CALL-OVER

London, May 17. The Intest call-over is as follows: Blue Peter, 75/20 (t, and o.) Hypnotist, 17/2 (o), 0/1 (t) Admiral's Walk, 100/9 (0), 100/8

a gallant blow, winning one rully The following have also accepted with a really brilliant volley. But but no jockeys have yet been found: Jack Doyle, the Irish heavy-weight Miss Stammers could afford to serve boxer, and Marla Castenado, the three double-faults in one game and man,

Fairstone, Wheatland, Ortiz, Ball- Mexican actress who

Larchfeld," Roderick Dhu, appears alms under the name of Movita, me.

yet keep the whip bands all the Dilbhara, Pointis, Snowcap

and were married.

Salford 11-Reuter. Inst month at Ensenada, Mexico, by the civil re

CHINESE LACOSTE gistrar,

Choy, who reminds me more of "Yes, it is true we are marded," Lacoste every time I see him play Jack Doyle

told Reuter, speaking he has the Frenchman's calculated from Tia Juana, Mexico. We were sound for MacPhail. The wind de

long-distance telephone control under pressure-was 100 too much in love to walt for my reflected some of his best shots in

(t) the turn from London.

first set, and the Scot might have "Movita is the most beautiful and won it it, when leading 4-3 and

giri there is. I om going having points for a

53 lead, he davote my whole life to her from had not served Gould told a reportar in Nevy| 000, or the equivalent to a "millon now on, like a reformed boy in a made other mistakes.

double fault and York recently that he was muthorised dollar" gale in Americd to make this offer on behalf of TONY ADVISED NOT TO GET

story-book. Ours is the only ro-: Having taken the opening

bout, in Sidney Hulls, the London promoter,

mance of my life.""

the 10th game, Choy was never The first news of tho marriage Hollywood. was revealed by Movita herself to threatened again. His passing shots were so finely gauged that MacPhall, coming up with a head-down racket, was frequently trapped, and the way In which Chey used the strong wind

servant,

Joe 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 ager, Joe Gould,

and ho said he had discussed plans

CUTE

According to Jacobs however, the

for the fight, with the American pro-winner of the le fight between moter, Mike Jacobe, who has an Louls and Galento is to be matched Eren option on Louis's services..

for the championship with the win- "Miko Jacobs is very interested inner of the fight between Lou. Nova the proposal," said Gould, "and he and Max Bauer on June 1. The pro-

sweetest

to

"GRANDEST CABALLERO"

"Jack is the

Hellopolis, 100/8 (t and o.) Fairstone, 100/8 (0), 13/1 (1) Friguero, 13/1 (0)

Fox Cub 100/7. (t. and 0.) - Casanova, 22/1 (0), 25/1 (t)- Romea, 25/1 (0)

Buxton, 25/1 (0) 29/1 (t) Hastings, 38/1 (0) Dhoti, 33/1 (t. and o.) Ortiz, 33/1 (0) Salford, 33/1 (0) Nesperian 8, 83/1 (0) Atout Maitre, 33/1 (0) Major Brackey, 40/1 (0) Wheatland, 40/2 (0) at once, I do not expect a inal September.

Fairfax, 40/1 (0), answer, however, until after Louis Jacobs sald:In my opinion, we just decided not to postpone the may well earn a valuable point for Bellman, 40/1 (0) has defended his title against Tony Nova, Boor, and Galento are the marriage any longer. I shall for his country in the forthcoming Davis

Rogerstone Castle, 50/1 (0) three outstandingTM" Galento, on June 28,""

contenders for him in London in the talddle of Cup match against France Paris,

'Maunakoa, 50/1 (0) Men's Singles: W. C. Choy :bt D. King Legend, 80/1 (0) Gould estimated that, including Loula's crown." television rights the fight would Incidentally Bob Pastor, who re- Movila has appeared in» "Mutiny MeePhall, 7-5, 6-8 mm spacer All the other acceptors have been draw a "gato" of more than £200,

(Continued on Page 9.).

Women's Singlés, Miss K. E. Stam-loffered at 66/1, Reuterjira

la putting it up to Louis's managers popod bout is to take place in met, suld. He master his

hna been in Mexico for months, and be control showed him to

on the Bounty” and “Paradiso Kin.

of the game.. Choy.

"the

from the goal-line.

be prevented from

torom going ahead. Wal-tong, aluding

Empire heavyweight champion, de- "Lee

feat Larry Gains, the Canadian negro attentions had just sufficient time to put in a fifth round of the fight, ahot, which beat Dickerson.

The bout was scheduled to go to No more acoring took place in this half. South China Initiated several 12 rounds, but Gains retired after good movements before the whistle injuring his right hand. but spoiled them by getting off-side.

Farr was superior in every depart The half-time signal was blown when Fung King-cheung was in possession ment and attacked throughout, land- a few yards from the goal and just ing easily to the face. He was also in the act shooting. His shot was speedier than Gains, who relied on

over the bar by Dickerson, his defensive sklil.

tipped ove however.

FREQUENT FOULS Play was not nearly so good in the second half. Fouls were more fre- Hendy quent and then came, the episode which made things even

WHITE

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

Both weighed in at 14 st, 8% lbs. Threatening rain kept off, but there was a cold wind-Reuter,

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