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COLONY TENNIS

JAVA CHINESE TEAM WILL PLAY TODAY

Lo Brothers Extended

The Colony Tennis Tourney will be held over today to give place to an exhibition match on the HKCC courts against the Java Chinese team on their way to Shanghai for the Chinese National Games between May 5 and May 15.

The Java Chinese tennis team is due today. Only one of its members is yet known by name here. He is Lim Yu-chin, Champlon of Java, who has to his credit one pre- war upset over the late Kho Sin-kie, China's best known Davis Cup player and one-time conqueror of H. W. "Bunny" Austin.

It is not known here what Lin's fort could be like now but it is presumed that, being in the micile- thirties, he is not near his pre-war

game.

The Colony Champlon. Ip Koon- hang, wit oppose the first-string Java Chinese player, and there will be doubles

which Hongkong will be represented by the Tsui brothers,

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There will also be a ladies' ringles match, the Colony Chimplion, Miss Dawn Kent, opposing the Java Chinese Ladies No. 1. Games will be played on the Stand Court and commence at 4 p.m.

YESTERDAY'S GAMES

set off Kenneth and Thomas Lo at 7-5.

Actually, Gonsalves was in grand form and this was the main factor that contributed to the Portuguese pair extending the Lo brothers, He form with his was in smashing

aggressivo service and played an

IK put the volleying game that combination off in the first set.

brothers However, the Lo versed matters easily In the second set to take 11 at 0-3. They were not as steady as they usually are and lost many points on misjudged smoshes.

re-

In the third set, though the Lo brothers led in taking the first three games, the Portuguese pair rallied to take the next twe und It seemed

09 they that they were going to turn

caught up at 4-5

inbles on their opponents.

Last evening's games produced Jittle sparkling tennis and the dol-again drums were. Indeed, so much in the ale that a day's rest from the Colony Championship would probably

benchi oll

to

see some

the Tsuis,

the

The last game of the maleh was on Kenneth Lo's service and he

took it rather too easily.

The Tsui brothers look a mini- mum of the indisposing of the

Lee Chun-kit and Y. Y. Lam were veteran S. A. and II. D. Rumjahn. extended by the other Recreio pair The 6-1, 6-1 score disappointed

11 of Dr A. M. Rodrigues and H. A. very small gallery who had hoped Norotha and went down 1-0 in the of the Runjahn arst set. The game was the even- cousins pre-war Breworks againsting's longest and saw the Chinese pair rally to take the next two sets Little could have been expected at 7-5, 0-3. Little was seen of the Rumjahns as Sirdar was

was sparkling still suffering the effects of a pulled muscle sustained in his last match. It was evident from the third game that he had developed a Ilmp and the rest of the match was a virtual

walk over

LO BROTHERS EXTENDED One of the biggest galleries ever was ultracted to another quarter-

Anal doubles encounter when began to be whispered about

it

that

the Recrelo pair of J. B. Gonsalves and W. A. Reed had taken the first

that

MATCH SCORES the quarter-finals of

Scores in yesterday's matches in the Open Doubles were:

Tsul Wal-put and Tsui Yun-pul beat S. A. and H. D. Rumjahn -1. C-1,

Kenneth Lo and Thomas Lo beat J. B. Gonsalves and W. A.

Reed 5-7, 6-3, 6-4.

Lee Chun-kit and Y. Y. Len beat Dr A. M. Rodrigues and It

A. Noronha 1-6, 7-5, 6-3.

BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS

Seeded Pair Out In Mixed Doubles

The elimination of a seeded pair from the Mixed Doubles tourney featured last night's pro- gramme at the Kowloon Cricket Club in the Badminton Championships.

In an intra-club affair that provided a top-flight ex- hibition of Mixed Doubles play, the Recreio pair of J. J. Remedios and Mrs O. Silva accounted for M. A. Oliveira and Miss M. Silva, seeded No. 2 in the tournament, by a score of 17-18, 15-9, 15-12.

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The match was a thrilling one 7.30 p.m. P. H. Wong, seeded No. 2, all the way and the two ladies were racets C. Au In another us much in the limelight throughout Singles quarter-final at 8.30 p.m.

Senior as were their partners.

Other games are:

$ It was largely the grand form of J. J. Remedios that won out in the end but there were moments when the two ladies aced the male side of the opposition and made no mis- take about it.

All four were playing well but Remedios seemed incapable of error and it was very much his day.

Other

matches yesterday rather

one-sided. to the Junior Singles, W. K. Thong, an individual entry, put up a strong challenge

were

W. K. Ying & S. C. Linng v. J. L. 0.00 p.m. (Junior Men's Doubles) Anderson & A. L. Fisher,

9.00 p.m. (Junior Men's Doubles) K. S. Thong & T. H. Choo v. C. Y. Yung & W. K. Yung.

11. A. Barros & P. A Yvanovich v. 9.30 p.m. (Junior Men's Doubles)

S. Saul & W. Gillies.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

TUESDAY,' APRIL 20, 1948.

INSTRUCTION FROM PAST MASTER

Peter Reiser (right), Dodger's outfielder in 1947, gets pointers on covering first base from George Sisler (left) at Vero Beach, Florida, Sister, considered one of the greatest first basemen of all time, nɔw is a Brooklyn coach. Watching is Duke Snider, who was sent up from the Dodgers training camp with Reiser for special training.

BASEBALL

N. Y.

Yankees Should Take American League

ROUND-UP OF THIS

SEASON'S PROSPECTS

By JOE REICHLER

New York, Apr. 19-The New York Yan- kees should repeat their 1947 success in the Unlike American League baseball pennant race. last year, however, they will not have an easy march to the championship:

At least two other clubs-Boston and Cleveland-will give the world champions a real race for the flag, and if autfelders Dick Wakefield and Walt Evers should regain their freshman form, the Detroit Tigers, with their wealth of pitching, will have plenty to say before the 1948 race is decided.

This quartet should have a mong. Connic poly on the first division. Mack's Phlindelphia Athletics would stand a chance to

dislodge one of these clubs if they had any

their thing to back up

gilt-edged pitching staff.

Behind the Athletics comes con- fusion. In Chicago, St Louis and Washington, the league probably has three of the poorest looking clubs ever to represent i

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LORENCIANDOLINE DIAMANTELLE LEARNEREDE ISTAKNU KLEREJEVAC K237JA

MAJOR LEAGUE SEASON OPENS

New York, Apr. 19. The 1918 major league baseball season opened today with the New York Yankees ruining the hometown debut of the Wash ington Senators in the feature

game,

WHERE THE ULTIMATE? By "RECORDER

A Finnish Yardstick Keeps Holding True

THEY SAY A MILE CAN

BE RUN IN 3:53.8

There were two athletic performances at the Kansas Relays at Lawrence on Saturday that' knocked all expectation into a loop. When Loui- siana's behemoth shot-putter, Jack Torrance, put the 16-lb. ball out to 57 feet 1 inch at Oslo in 1934, Scandinavian officials measured and re-measured in disbelief.

Yet it took a relatively smaller man at Lawrence, Kansas, on Saturday, to add Just three-quarter inches short of a foot on this. The super-performer was Charles Fon- ville, the Michigan negro, who had never.before managed a competitive push of over 57 feel, let alone 58. Fonville had actually a competitive best to his credit until the Kansas relays that fell 21⁄2 inches short of Torrance's. His performance ranks as the second best ever in any - event.

A

The

But who is to say what is better than what? yardstick for world records was devised by the Finns who in the carly 1930s sweated over compilation DĚ mathematical tables in a committee of athletic officials, anthropologists und anatomists.

did a painstaking job | points below Cornellus "Dutch" The Finns dia and had their athletic performance Warmerdam's pole vault of 15 feet tables accepted by the Olympic 7% Inches. Committee

the ocial per- Are the Finns so far out in ral- formance computation sheet for the ing Warmerdam's feat so highly? Olympic Decathlon at the Berlin Hardly so, If it is remembered that Games. Decathlon scores the world no other pole vaulter has ever clear- ed a higher mark than 14 feet 11 inches Warmerdam was, a polo- vaulting phenomenon who cleared 15 foot in competition same 30 times.

over since that year have been com- puted on this table.

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Are

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MUCH CRITICISED Much criticism has been levelled the table, particularly with respect to

YET RIGHT ENOUGH what the Finds cun- running events, and the hurdles. sider the ultimate possible in the

The Finns seam to be right. they are and Warmerdam had NO Gunder Hagg, Arne Anderson special pact on with the angels, we and Viljo Helno had not yei put in

promised

the following A seven run first inning, including an appearance on the international ultimates eventually, ranking with homers by ouiflelder Tom Henrich scene. However, it was the gret

great Warmerdam's highest vaull: and pitcher Allie Reynolds, did the American high jurdler, Georgia's 100 metres dush, in 0.8 seconds; irtek. President Harry Truman Forrest Towns, who first pu

put in a 400 metres dash In 44,3 seconds; threw the Arst ball to start the game. suggestion that the Finns were right 800 metres in 1.43.2; 1.500 metres in

by lowering the 110 metres

res high 3:35.4; the mile on 3:53.8: the high The Philadelphia Athletics hurdles record from 14.1 to 13.7 hurdies in 13.3; a high jump of 7 drubbed the Boston Red Sox twice, seconds just a few days after the feet 1 inches; a long jump of 28 four to four in an 11 laning morning Games 61 an exhibition meet In feet 3 inches. game and a 6-2 afternoon contest. Osia. Town's performance

1. then Is this really impossible? Why First baseman Stan Spence, short-ranked as the second best in any not? Alton Terry, the Texas sprin« stop Vern Stephens and

for the second event, Torrance's being rated better ter, did 11.2 seconds

แบบ baseman Bobby Doerr hit successive by 10 points.

yards flat in 1941, disallowed be- homers in the second inning.

cause of a following wind that was

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The Ohio negro, Harrison Dillard, improved on Town's record, since tornado; Lester Steers has In the National League

game, equalled by Fred Wolcott of Texas, high-jumped 7 feet 4 inchi In on Cincinnati combined seven-hit at the Kunsas Relays on Saturday exhibition and the great Jeane pitching by Ewell Blackwell and His performance a: Lawrence Is Ovens has cleared. 27 feet 3 inches homers by leftfielder Hani Sauer rated on tho Olymple Decathlon in practice. The Finns, I think, and second baseman Bobby Adams table at nine points better than Tor- were not so far out. for n 4-1 victory over Pittsburgh. [rance's shot put heave in 1934. If they weren't, the four-minute It ranks four points short of mile is a certainty and the middle- All the big league teams go into Yrjo Nikkanen's Javelin throw of distance runners need some pepping action on Tuesday on a 10 game 250 feet 8 inches, but a long 80 up. The infield is the same which won the world championship. The pitch-schedule expected to attract a record total of 325,000 fans.-Associated ing appears stronger than last year.

he will fully recover from his splna! operation.

The acquisition of southpaw Ed Press. Loput and Red Embree gives the Yanks the second best hurling corps in the circuit.

atone- Monds between the Red Sox

and

Pitching--and · pitching

of

the flog, And McCarty knows that better than anyone else. Fight now the outlook is anything but bright. The White Sox have Luke Ap-

A lot depends on the condition pilng, a fair catching staff, one ΟΣ Tex Hughson and Micky Harris, two two likely looking youngsters and wiling flingers of last season. nothing much else. Their bustle and

Hughson, Boston's most de- speed should enable them to Anishpendable winner over the last few "Tilgher than the Senators and years, has been slow rounding into

Browns,

form following his double arm operation during the winter.

St Louis' hungry recruits may have enuugh fire and determination to shove Washington's assorted collec- tion of oldtimers and minor league graduates into the basement.

Harris has performed well during the exhibitions and looks like he Dave Ferris is still a good hurler. might have a successful comeback.

The Red Sex have terrific power.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

New York Washington

(Winning pitcher, Allie

Philadelphia (1st game).

R HE

12 10 0

4 11 3 Reynolds.)

5 14

This is how the Finns rank the eight highest-rated world records on the Decathlon chart.

Event

Pole Vault Shot Put Dise Throw Javelin Throw 110 M. High Hurdles High Jump Boston..

47 0 5,000 Metres Run Philadelphia (2nd game). (Winning pitcher, Phil Marchildon.) | 800 Metres Run

4 7 Ď Boston

2 4 4 (Winning pitcher, Lou Brissie.) NATIONAL LEAGUE

4 7

7 2

Cincinnati Pittsburgh (Winning pitcher. Ewell Blackwell.)

-Associated Press.

Less than one week before the In Ted Williams, Bobby Doerr HOME FOOTBALL

opening day, the race shupes up Junior Stephens, Johnny Pesky, something like this: First, New York. Sani Mele, Boston

Dom DiMaggo, Stan Spence and Second, Cleveland. Third, Boston.

Can overpower Fourth, Detroit. Fifth, Philadelphia, any club in the league with its big Sixth, Chlenga. Seventh, St Louis. bats. Tad is the big Aun. No

Washington.

Williams-no chance. -- Associated

rush to welcome Joe McCarthy Press.

tu the managers' ranks at the chasing spree staged by the came head of the Red Sox, plus the pur-

club has caused people to overlook BOSTON MARATHON the Yankees. They forgot the Yan- kees were good enough to win by a dozen gomes last year despite crippled club,

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STRONGER THIS YEAR

New York figures to be stronge this year.

Joe DiMaggio is in fine physical shape. Charlie Keller, who was forced to the sidelines last June with an injured back, looks like

In the first game against Sing Tao's VICTORIA CLUB CALLOVER

-'seeded K. Y. Tain but couldn't lust

tho pace and went down 15-13, 15-0,1

Down 5-12 in the first game he caught up to 12-13 but lost the next two,

THE RESULTS

Mixed Doubles

J. J. Remedios and Mrs O. Silva (Recreio) bent M. A. Oliveira and Miss M. Silva (Reercio) 17-18, 15-9, 15-12.

W, C. Chung

Juslor Singles

(Chinese Sanitary Inspectors) bent T H. Choo 15-10, 15-4.

K. Y. Tam (Sing Tao) beat W. K.

Thong 15-13, 18-0.

Junior Doubles

F. H. and D Kwok (St John's) bont J. and M. Kempton (KDRC) 16-10, 15-5.

TONIGHT'S MATCHES

ODDS SHORTEN AGAINST

"MY BABU"

London, Apr, 19-The cards on the Two Thousand Guineas and the Derby were called over at the Victoria Club today.

My Babu hardened to 7 to 4 for the Guinens after being backed at:2 to 1, and his price for the Derby was cut to four to one.

Two Thousand Gulness Quotations were: Seven to four

offered,

Derby

Canadian Outrúns Vogel

Scots Team Selected

London, Apr. 20.-Young of

Record Holder

C. Warmerzlam (USA)

C. Fonville (USA) R. Fitch (USA)

Y. Nikkanen (Finland) H. Dillard (USA) L. Steers (USA)

G. Hoegg (Sweden) 11. Harbig (Germany)

Races at 300....m.p.h.-

Performance

13 ft. 7 in.

Point Value

1,292

8. t. 0 in. 180 ft. 233 In. 258 (t. 24 in.

1,245

1,218

1,214

1,211

1,100

13.6 sec..

6 ft. 11 in.

13 min. 58.2 sec. 1,187

1 min, 40.0 sec. 1,184

High-Powered Cars

For Manx Event

London, Apr. 19.-For the first time since pre-war days, racing ears are developing more than 300 miles per hour. They will be seen duelling over a British road circuit on May 25.

This is due to the introduction by the British Racing Drivers' Club of an extra event, with no limit as regards engine power, during their meeting at Douglas, Isle of Man, on that date.

of the

the Glasgow Rangers will cap- tain the Scotland team against list opening owners of five of these signed to take advantage

Within a few days of the entry These big foreign cars are do- Belgium at Hampden Park on powerful machines, all of Continen-grenter "lebencraum" of the Euro- April 28.

tal manufacture, had declared their pean and North African road intention of competing.

courses, some of which allow for speeds higher than those aitalned on the

concrete steeply banked tracks.

The

Young Olympic Soccer Team

The team announced on Monday is: Cowan (Morton), Govan (Hibernian), Shaw (Hibernian); Campbell (Morion), (Rangers), Macaulay (Arsenal). Smith (Hibernian). Combe (ber- nian): Johnstone (Clyde), Turnbull (1lbernian), Duncan (East Fits).

Howle (Hibernian), (Falkirk). Associated

Reserves: policeman

Boston. Apr. 19. Gerard Cole. 34-year-old from Saint Hyacinthe, Quebec, won the 52nd annual Boston marathon for the fourth time in nine years today.

Cote outran-young "Ted. Vogel of Tufts College, the National AAU champlon, over the last half of the

Aikman Press,

Two Week-End

Games Arranged

drivers, therefore, will be put to a severe test of skill and Judgment as they hurtle round the four-mile course with its naturally confined "clbow room."

Because the absence tiona

on engine

sizo

of restric- tended to evolve a dangerously unmanageable

The cost of China's participation vehicle, the outsize car dropped out LIGHTNING CASUALTIES in the Olympic Games at London to of the Grand Prix racing in 1938,

estimated at about HK$160,000 and but individual clubs Aldershot, Apr.

19.-Several a fair contribution to this sum is to stage races for these machines are at liberty players and the referee were struck coming from Hongkong.

and so the British Racing Drivors by lightning in a violent thunder-

Club will offer a feast of speed to football cup Anal here today. storm during the replay of an Army The Chinese Olymple soccer fans next month--Reuter.

toom, largely made up of Hongkong. ployers, will play two exhibitions locally this coming week-end In a fund-raising drive.

reco.

Cate's time for the 20 mile. 385

The referee and nine players were yard course

taken to hospital, where two of the was two hours 31

players have died. Several peals of two seconds nearly ninatez

The soccer team will be largely minutes off the record set in 1947 thunder and some forked lightning

vivid Bash depended upon, to raiso additional the little Korean runner Yun were followed by a Bok Suh, Vogel placed second, time:

directly over the pitch.

funds in its tour of Manila, Bang- kok, Malaya and India en route to two hours 31 minutes 4/0 seconds. The Chinese entry, Wang Chen-ling fell.

All the players and the referee London. of Bhangbal, was 37th.-Associated bentors ran to their ald. The match matches will be played on the Club Military police and stretcher Saturday's and Sunday's local Press.

AUSTRALIANS

PICK ONE MORE

was, abandoned-Router.

against My Babu (offered 2 to 1 Four to one against My Babu

FOOTBALL SCORES taken and wanted); A. Ho and K. F. Chiu (Chung

7 to The (offered D5 to 20 taken and wanted); Wah) ́beat.-M. Verleysen and A. J. | SOUDI

Cobbler (offered to 1. taken and 10 to 1 Black Tarquin offered; 100

London, Apr. 10. The following Gonsalves (5) Teresa's) 15-7, 15-9.`

wanted); 9 to 1 Pride of India to 8 The Cobbler offered, 100 to 7

were the results of football games offered; 15 to 1 Birthday Greetings taken; 100 to 7 Pride of India

played today: 12 to 1-taken; ' 100 to 7

Second Division Julian, offered; 18 to 1 Djeddah offered; 100 to 6 Straight Play Melbourne, Apr. 19-The Aus- Leicester City 0 Birmingham C Main attraction on tonight's pro- offered, 20 to 1 taken; 33 to 1 Usher offered; 20 to 1 Birthday Greetings tralian Olympic Federation havo Third Division (Northern). gramme at the Club de Recrole is and Jock Scot, both offered; 40 to offered: 25- to 1" Jullan, Hoylake chosen Dr. Charles Green (Western Southport 2 Hartlepools Utd the Bentor Singles quarter-final 1 Pretence offered, 50 to 1 taken and Ottoman, all offered; 33 lo 1 Australia), the hurdler, as

on ad-

Boottish "A" Division match between University's S. "A. and wanted; 40 to 1 Hyperbole Black Pampas and Usher, both ditional member of their team for Hibernians Motherwell Vanar and D. Kwok, (St. Jolin's), at ¦ offered.

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the London Games-Reuter,

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ground at Happy Valley.

The Olymple team

will meet another Chinese team that will be selected to represent Hongkong at the Chineso National Games Shanghai in May.

Patrons who have donated sums of $100 or $50 to the fund for the

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0 team's travelling, expenses will be invited to attend the exhibition o matches. Entrance charges will be -Routor$20, $10 and $5,

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