1939-05-29 — Page 8

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

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LEE WAI-TONG UNABLE SCORE IN HIS LAST MATCH South China A.A. Beat The Rest At Soccer

In probably the last soccer match of the season, the South China "A", winners of the League and Shield in the season just concluded, defeated a Rest team at Caroline Hill yesterday by three goals to nil after leading by 2-0 at half-time.

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Indicative of the waning interest

in soccer at this time of the year, there was only a comparatively small crowd present to see encounter

in spite of the fact that the Chinese felded their full side in preparation for their South Scan tour.

of

Wind-Up Of

Badminton Season

The Chinese, it is understood, will leave the Colony sometime this week. The Rest experienced some difficulty in putting up a team, and had to call upon the services Young Kanpo, Chan Tak - fal and Young Shul-yick, three South Clilna players, to complete the side. drew's Hall on Saturday for the pre- A tea party was held in St. An- In every

match in which hesentation of the season's badminton played during the 1038-39 season, prizes.

Lee Wal-long, the Chinese soccer Rev. J. R. Higgs, President of the idol, had succeeded in scoring, and Hongkong Badminton Association, it was fronio that in this, the last, received the guests. Mrs. S. A. Gray match of the season be failed to do distributed the prizes.

so. He was presented with an op- portunity of scoring in the second display of

Mr. Higgs spoke of the splendid the University in the ball when a penalty kick was season's game awarded to his side, but Dickerson ments of P. K. Hul, who won the and the accomplish- saved his shot.

men'a menlor singles, the doubles and the nixed doubles, as he did last year.

LACKING IN INTEREST

men's

David Leonard, left back for the "Best," beats Law Tau-man. South Chias left winger, to the ball in the match played at Caroline Hill yesterday when the Chinese won by three goals to uil-Photo by England Studio.

BRITAIN THROUGH IN DAVIS CUP TUSSLE

R. Shayes Redeems Himself By Defeating Destremau

London, May 27.

Winning two singles and the That end of the season feeling was ance, and only those who appear in day and will now meet the winners This is a most amazing perform the third round of the Davis Cup to- doubles, Britain eliminated France in very much in evidence in this the badminton Court throughout the of the Germany-Sweden tie in the encounter, and though at times play year know what this means," he de semi-final of the European Zone. became interesting, on the

wholeclared. ̧ there was a lack of competitive spirit in the exchanges.

Considerable keenness was display-

Britain took the lead yesterday ed in the B Division of the League, when Charles Hare and Frank Wilde Fung Kng-choung scored twice in which was won by the newly-formed beat Yvon Petra and Pierre Pelizza

in after

a great five sets match by 6-3, 6-3, Shayes to give Britain victory to-day when he surprisingly beat Bernard

the first half, once after ten minutes Chung Wak tearn and the other after. 20 minutes, and in

strong

the second period Tang Kwong-sun Toges by St. Andrew's, Kawloon 3-0, 1-0, 0-3, but it was left to Ronald

forwards found the defence too solid for them,

and St. John's,

put them further chead. The Rest The senson was also happily mark. Destremau 6-3, 4-0, 6-4, 7-5.

South China ed by the resuscitation of the

France won the remaining singles women's league, which

was won when again by the sealor Recrelo team.

Christian Boussus beat I. Schaff, who had replaced Hare, 0-0, 6-2, 7-5.

In the decisive singles match be tween Shayes and Destremau, which was played before a full gallery on the centre court at Wimbledon, the

A decided im- Englishman found his true form at

Appearing in the South China team once more was Male Sul-hon, the

Interport Prospecta former right back, who has been

While there was a decided tendency away from the side for several among A Division teams to neglect months owing to an injury.

their programmes, the season on the Tcoma:

whole revealed that interest in the South China "A"-Pau Ka-ping; game is still Hvely. Mak Sul-bon, Li Tin-sang: Lapetus was given when Chung-sang, Leung Wing-chiu, Lee itecrolo tear visited Shanghai fast comfortably.

private the start and took the opening sel Kwok-wal; Tang Kwong-sum, Fung month and created a big impression King-cheung, Lee Wal-tong, Sulu-wing and Law Tau-man.

Lal there. One result was a tentative suggestion that an interport be ar- ranged next season; if this is possible,

The fourth set

was very exciting and the lead changed hands several times before Shayes took the set and match,

Sweden Wins Doubles In Davis Cup Tie

Berlin, May 28. Sweden won the doubles in their Davis Cup tie with Cor- many, but the Germans are still leading by two matches to one.

To-day Schroeder and Rohl- son defeated Henner Henkel and Georg von Metaxa, the German pair, by 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 and 6-3.-Trans-Ocean.

EWO BOWLING LEAGUE

May 29, 1939.

REMARKABLE GOLFING

Feat By Officer On Peshawar Course

Helen Jacobs For

Wimbledon

Helen Jacobs, 30-years-old American tennis star, who do- serted-the-courts during the winter to write a historical

Peshawar, April 20. What surely must be record golfing performance ivas accomplished on

novel, is on her way to Eng-April 23 when a golfer holed out in land,

She hopes to regain the wo men's championship at Wim- bledon this year.

Miss Jacobs's novel is based on the life of her ancestor, Carter Braxton, who signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

BASEBALL TUSSLE TO-DAY

South China To Meet Mindanao

(By "Bingle")

One game will be played to day at 2 p.m.. at Caroline Hill when the sailors from U. S. S. Mindanao tangle with South China Athletic Association.

one for the second tline, and on suc- cessive days. This claim for record status lo augmented by the fact that the same player accomplished the feat of holing in one to the same hole two years ago, and on the following day drove his ball to within ten Inches of the pin with his tee shot,

nesses.

KYLE WINS AMATEUR

GOLF TITLE

London, May 27.

Belleve it or not, these feats were Alexander Kyle (Moor Faris) won accomplished by Major C. V. Gold- the British Amateur Gold Champion- Ing, of the Royal Army Veterinary ship for the first time to-day when Corps, on the Peshawar Club's Course he beat Anthony Duncan (Southern- at Peshawar, and are amply substan-down) by two and one In the first tiated by amazed but reliable wit- Scottish-Welsh Anal, at Haylake.

Conditions for play wero On April 17, two years ago, Major difficult as there wa

very halt a gale Golding, a veteran player, who still blowing and fortunes Auctunted. hugs his handicap of 18 as a memento Kyle was one up at the ninth, but of his youthful days, whilst playing Duncan squared the issue at the 14th with Major G. B. Dean, of the Royal and was two up at the turn, taking Indian Army Service Corps, holed 75 strokes to 80 by Kyle. out the 108 yards, 5th with his spoon shot from the tee. Due mention was made of the feat at the time, and the usual certificates and rewards for his feat were received by Major Golding.

It blew very hard at the start of lie afternoon round and Duncan dropped his lead when he took nine strokes at the Arst hole and Kyle whs one up at the end of the first. nine holes-Reuter,

Prince Bira

lery, and, on approaching the hole. Wins Race At

Brooklands

London, May 8. Chaos followed a cloudburst yes- national motor race at Brooldlands. terday during the 200-miles Inter-

TEN INCHES SHORT

Naturally proud of his effort, Major Gelling explained to his opponent on the following day that he had always had an ambition to do a hole in one and enter the Golfers Rogues' Gal- offered to show how he had done it. Carefully explaining that with, a was prevailing at the time, a little rather strong freak wind such 05

"Aiming off" was indicated, Major After two-week-ends of washouts, i ed off, in fact he sliced it also.

Golding played his stroke, and alm

Im- the weatherman should break down

gine his surprise, and the dismay and give the local fans a break of his opponent, when the ball ran This should be an interesting tussle to within ten inches of the tin. Ho as it has been rumoured that Nam had nearly achieved the unbelievable. A half-mile straight on the track Hwa have discovered a couple of

2 river, and cars, their new pltchers in Wong and Ching to and is enough for the ordinary golfer about in uncontrollable fashion. The That should bave been enough- drivers soaked to the skin, skidded take over from veteran C. C. Lee, but to Major Golding it was just wheels spinning in six inches of Third sacker George Wu might ro-u promise, apparently, of what could water threw up showers of spray placé Leung behind the plate. be done by skill-and faith.

On April 24 this year, just over alors. On the bends cars collided Water was splashed over the spect- two years Inter, whilst playing a round

Major J. Hennell, with the banks and skidded of the R.I.A.S.C., and still using his spoon, track and speed had to be brought Major Golding essayed his favourite down considerably.

Mindanao will have the same bat- tery of Ruel and Thomas, with the rest of the squad Intact. They should take the South China aggre gation,

FAST MILE RUN BY WOODERSON

with

becaino

which blinded all the drivers.

shot at the same hole, now re- numbered the 11th, and to his satis P. McClure fought a terrific duel, In these conditions Prince Bira and faction, and the amazement of his splashing their way through the river opponent, he again holed out in one. within

PERFORMANCE REPEATED

few yards of each other. Every now and again, engines would splutter to a stop when water reached

To do a hole in une, nearly repeat- vital parts. Eventually McClure was ed it the next day, and then hole out forced to retire. Prince Bira won again in one, even though two years the race easily. after, is indeed something to talk of, 77.25 mph. (2) H. L. Brooke Result: (1) Prince Bra (Maserati) and record. It was recorded in ap (Brooke special); (3) R. E. Tongue propriate circumstances in the man- The Rest.--Dickerson; Hou Yung-the Association will be happy to co-

her well known amongst golfers, and (Maserati), Londay, May 1. when he went out on the afternoon sang, Leonard Yeung

S. C. Wooderson, making his first of April 25th, with Capt. W. A. Asher, Dixon, Hsu King-shing; Yeung Shui-

Kan-po,operate.

competitive. appearance of the sea of the Army Educational Corps, his vick, Thorburn,

So far as the championships were! Charles Hare beat Destremau 0-2, Chan

son, ran the mile in the fast time only urge was to show Capt. Asher Strollers v. Terriers, Pokfulun's of min. 14.8sec. at Camberley on how It was-done-there was no idea they produced a standard of play Boussus bent R. A.-Shayes 6-2, 6-4, Pride Bye, Black Dog Bye, Bulldogs Saturday when ussisting Blackheath of repeating it. Tak-fai, concerned, it is generally felt that 0-3, 3-6, 14-12.

better than any previously attained 6-9

v. Champs, Flickers v. Jaunters, Aspl- Harriers to bent the R.M.C. (Sand- rants Bye, Muenger's Team v. Opti-hurst) in a match of 13 events by mists, Beer Barons Bye.

60 points to 51.

Cheuk Slicic-kam and Hau. Ching-to,

Why Chinese Are Good At Tennis

Similarity Of Game With Chess

Both

European

in Hongkong. The innovation of Junior men's singles was a distinct success, and David Kwok emerged

The first two matches, played on Thursday, resulted:

ITALY HELD

the Ewo League resulted:

The draw for the third tourney in

At Milan, Italy and Yugo-Slavia a worthy winner after a gruelling broke even in the first day's play way and will meet the winners of the match with Boone,

when they shared the opening Hul's accomplishments have al-singles, but the Yugo-Slavs took the tie between Italy and Yugo-Slavia in ready been referred to, but it is Icail when D. Mitic and F. Puncer won the semi-anal, worthy of note that in the mixed the doubles against V. Taroni and doubles, Oliveira and Miss M. Silva Cucelli 6-2, 6-2, 6-0 before a gallery Lacroix beat Johan Haanes, Norway's C. In the first of the singles, Andre contested the final, though unsuccess of 3,000 spectators. fully, for the third year in succession.

first ranking player 6-1, 6-4, 0-2 and This year's anal was the best yet headway against the brilliant Yugo (Belgium) beat Siguard Roende 6-1, The Italian pair-could-make-no-in-the-second, Charles Naeyaert University players dominated the

Stay pair, who won as they pleased. 6-0, 6-0.

In the first singles match, the men's doubles and had two of their Italian player Casepele beat Milc pairs in the finals.

6-3, 6-3, 7-5. Prize List

scen.

sportsmen will be interested to hear 8. IL Boone,

In the second match, Yugo-Slovia's

that in the view of W. C. Choy, who Men's doubles:-P K, Hul and 21. by a strong wind which made i always master of the situation in all

Local Hockey Season Ends

The presentation ot Hongkong

won during the season will be made

But the miracle was achieved again, (and whatever the term is for á, who is the holder of three world's forer) for this time Major Golding, Women's Hockey Association trophies

The young Blackheath Harrier, triplo miracle, it may be used here- records, was fully satisfied with his forsaking his spoon and using a No. performance and it his intention again holed out the 11th hole in one by Mrs. T. E. Pearce, president, at a for the third time in his career, and Princeton, U.S.A., in June against the or not. to run regularly in competition part of his training for his race at on the second day in succession, and tea party in the Gloucester Hotel en with the self-samo ball. Belleve it

June 8. "star"! American milers. Wooder-

The party will take the pince of the

01sec. 68sec., 05sec., 60 4-5sec. son's lap times on Saturday were

-annual-Champions-v-Rest-matches, If an ordinary golfer's chances of which were cancelled because of the holding out in one are regarded as Interport match in Shanghai. astronomical, then the odds against

Winners of trophies are:

Kho Sin-Kie Wins Surrey Tennis Crown

GERMANY LEADS SWEDEN London, May 10,

Berlin, Roderlek Menzel, Germany's Senior Men's singles championship-No. 1 ranking players, Punece, de- second ranking player, beat Hultman and Chinese P. K. Hul; runner-up, C. Au.

Junior wingles-D. Kwok; runner-up.

feated the veteran Boron G. de 0-0, 6-2, 6-1. Both players were Stefani 6-4, 6-1, 7-5.

featured in a thrilling display, but Play was to some extent marred the former Czech champion, was practically impossible for players to departments of the game. Henner place their shots with wonted accur- Henkel, Germany's first ranking player, beat "Karl-Schroeder, Nor- way's champion, in another thrilling encounter which held a

packed Henkel won by 6-7, 3-0, 6-2, 8-6, 6-3. championships were held at Surbiton stadium spell-bound for five sets. Ner--Reuter and Trans-Ocean,

runners-up,

lost to Kho Sin-kle in the all-Yong; runner-ups P. 8. Lim and Chinese final of the hard-court Bun championships nt Oriental lawn tennis players "may M, Silva,

Bournemouth,

Mixed doubtes:-P. K. Kui and Miss U Khoo; runners-up, M. A. Oliveira and Mis appear solemn and unperturbed by A Division:-University; triumph or defeat, but are inwardly Recreio, on the bubble" like any European," "It is not true that we Chinese are not emotional," Choy sald to London reporter, "though perhaps

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we are less emotional thian Western people. True, this is the first all- Chinese Anal, but it may be the last one for a hundred years.

*Since you want to know why Chinese an Icarn to play

lowa tennis well, think of the similarity of the game to chess, which we have played for thousands of years, In fawn tennis, as in chess, you have to see some moves ahead; you have to work carefully, and with subule- ty, for your effect."

Choy, who is a Cantonese, has been in England most of the time over a period of ten years. Ho went to school at Framlingham, graduated at Cambridge, where he obtained his Blue, went home for a while and since then has been study- ing law and political history, and playing tennis," in England.

Tommy Farr

To Fight Wally Neusel

Bertin, May 20, Waller Neusel, German heavy- weight boxer, has been matched to hieet Tommy Farr..

The bout will take place in Cardin

in an open air arena. »

Although the date has not been do-

Anitely fixed it has been agreed to hold the contest before the end of Jung--Traha-Ocean.

B Division:-Chung Wah; runners-up, St. Andrew's.

Mixed Doubica:---University, Women's Doubles: --Recreto A.

ACY.-

BELGIUM THROUGH

At Brussels, Belgium won two remaining singles against

their

Cricketers of the Diocesan Hays School, one of the strongest school teams in the Colony; photographed

with their Loscher and coach, Mr. FL Youngmye. The D.R.B. has produced many, splendid cricketers and is one of the "nurseries" of local cricket-Photo by King's Studio,

London. May 28. The finals of the Surrey tennis

yesterday and resulted in a win for Kho Sin-kie (China) over M. D. Delotord 6-2, 6-4, in the men's singles. The men's doubles title was won by the former Brilish Davis Cup player H. G. N. Lee and A. P. V. Sherwood, who beat D, W. Butle and Kho Sin-kle 0-0, 7-5.

In the semi-final of the women's singles, Miss Margot Lumb beat Miss Gem Hoahing, Hongkong-born Chi- nesa prodigy 0-4, 6-3, but in the final; Miss Lumb succumbed to Miss Mary Hardwick by 6-4, 6-4.-Reuter.

JAPAN NOT COMPETING IN WINTER GAMES

Tokyo, May 20. The Japan Athielle Federation, following a session of its standing committee on Friday night, has de- cided not to participate in the.coming Winter Olympia Games at St. Moritz in 1040,

It has not yet been decided upon whether Japan will take part in the Olympic track and field meet at Helsingfors. After the

decision against the Winter Games, however, informed quarters understand that Japan is likely to extend the same attitude to the Summer meat. Dom!l,

Cup

the triple fent can only be regarded Caer Clark Cup (Senior League in the golfing equivalent of light Champions)-Y.M.C.A. Southern Cup *cara."*

(Senior League Runners-up)-St. Andrew's. Brawn However, it would be interesting to League

(Junior Champions)-Recrefo A. know if the feat is a record. It has Momak Cup (Junior League Runners- the appearance of a world's record. up)-Hongkong..

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