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Four Seeded
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1949,
Players
Are Eliminated
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London, Mar, 2.—The Malayan, Indian and American players dominated the opening stages of th. Men's Singles in the All-England Badminton Cham- plonships which began at Harringay Arena here today.
It was a day of surprises for before the third round had been completed no less than four of the ight seeded players, including the Danish holder, 'Skaarup, had been eliminated.
The Malayans provided two of these upsets, Law Teik-hock, their No. 3 player in the Thomas Cup, benting Nils Jonson, the Swedish ace. In straight games and Lim Koe-fong accounting for Marten Mendez, the American No. 2,. in a similar manner.
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Dave Freeman, 28-year-old American doctor, justified his position as favourite for the title, boating his fellow American and doubles partner, Wynn Rogers, to reach the last 16 with a perfect exhibition. Freeman thus main- tained his unbeaten record over the past ten years.
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Freeman's compatriot, Carl Loveday, also gave n perfect display in beat- ing Skaarup in three games. Loveday clashes with Law, Teik-hock in the quarter finals,
Wong Petig-soon, the Singapore champion, was not extended in either of his matches to reach the last eight, and was particularly impressive' against the Danish Thomas Cup player, Preben Dabelsteen. His next opponent is India's star, D. Mohan Lal.
The third round will be completed tomorrow when Ogi Teik-hock, the Malayan, champion, meeta Ole Jensen, of Denmark; Lim Kee-fong, of Malaya, clashes with India's Thomas Cup captain, George Lewis, and H. Ferreira, of India, has the unenviable task of trying to end Dave Freeman's long run of victories.-Reuter. ·
VERNON MOrgan discusses further PROSPECTS
the
Too much store should not be the draw, may well meet in the most experienced mixed put on the defeat of Wong nat
doubles player in the entry, Peng-soon by Freeinan at The Women's Doubles looks a Their must formidable oppon- Glasgow for the Singapore good thing for the Danes ents may be tho Americans, champion was not at his best Thorndahl and Ahm, who are Clinton Stephens and his wife that night, suffering from an playing together. If they win, Patsy, holders of the American
shoulder which injured right
as expected, they will win the Mixed Doubles title, Another prevented smashing properly trophy outright as they have very strong pair will be Skaarup
taken the title the last two and Kirsten Thorndahi.
At one time, Britain used to years.
win every title. This year she will be lucky to get any player in the semi-finals although this is possible in the women's doubles, in which Mrs II. S. Uber and Queeule Allen have n good
and generally hindered him.
Wong
to have the reaching the
appears harder task ot
semi-nals as he has the lanky -Mohan in
Indian ·Davinder the same quarter.
The Women's Singles look certain to go to Denmark, either to
the holder, left-handed Kirsten Thorndahl, or the blond Tonny Ahm, who are in op- poslle halves of the draw..
The Mixed Doubles are very open but perhaps Chan Kong lcong. who is partnered by Helen Leong, will win and take a second title. He is perhaps
chance.
Badminton League day afternoon.
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Chung Wab beat St John's The Men's Doubles on the "g" by nine gamer to nil in n form shown in Glasgow.. and { Men's" Doubles
Division Preaton in the Thomas Cup Badminton match played last should go to Malaya through night. Chan Kon-leong and Yeoh Tech- chye, popularly known.
"father and son" because they are the oldest and the youngest members of the Malayan Thomas Cup team.
The other strong pairs are the Americans Freeman and Wynn Rogers, and Loveday and Mendez, the Indians Davinder Mohan and Mugwe, the Danes Skaarup and Preben Dabelsteen, and the Malayan second pair
Results were:
Sung Kin and Y. C. Lau (Chung Wah) beat Hefti and MacNny 21-17; beat Guftinger & Stephen 21-0; beat Hofer and Crabb 21-11.
Austin Ho and K. C. Wong (Chung Wah) bent Heft!" and MacNay, 21-4; beat Guttinger & Stephen 21-12; beat Hofer & Crabb 21-0.
C. F. Chiu & Leo Leong (Chung Wah) beat Hefti and Ool Tesk-hock and Teoh Seng- | MačNay 21-0; bent Guttinger & khoon. The two Malayan palra Stephen 21-1; beat Hofer and who are in opposite halves of Crabb 21-6.
ON THE RECORD
NO GROUNDS FOR POSTPONEMENT
One of the most laudable fon-, the very flimsy ground that fures_about_be_organisation_of_the_leam's only fast bowler, the Colony Open Grasscourt the wicket-keeper or someone Championships at the Hongkong Cricket Club is the "So Sorryse was a racing enthusiast.
attitude being taken with re- A summons by the wite to gard to requests for postpone-make a fourth for bridge has ment of matches.
The luck of the draw brings with it also the date on which a
been put forward as an exĉet-
There has been demand for fickels for the finals on Satur- although the semi-finals un Friday night look to be the tilbit of the champion- ships.-Reuter.
OLYMPIC VENUE
U.S. Senate Backs-Detroit
Washington, Mar. 2. The Senate today passed a resolution urging the Inter- national Olympic Federation
MR GRUNT & MR GROAN YESTERDAY'S rugby
Bert Assirati (standing) of England struggles
to free himself from a leg scissors thrown on him by Charles Rigoulot of France, during a match in which Assirati successfully, defended his title as champion of Europe. Assiruti won two falls, ench one with a double armlock. Rigoulot won this fall
with his famous scissors hold.
Chess Club Meeting
An Extraordinary General Meeting of Members of the Kowloon Chess Club will be held this evening at 6.30 at the Peninsula Hotel to consider a redraft of certain sections of the Club
Tournament Rules,
The redraft, passed by the Club Committee at its last meeting, largely concerns the re-introduction of chess clocks Into the Tournament.
Clocks will be compulsory if either player engaged in a mateli game demands clocklog of moves and can be dis- pensed with only by mutual agreement. The playing mię for tournaments will be 20 moves an hour.
The proposed new rules also include the introduction of a Tournament Commitice to be appointed for the control of each Tournament.
This Committee will be responsible for the adjudication of all uncompleted games and li will have final decision on sil questions in connection with the Tournament that are nos covered by the rules.
Frint The Club Committee's redraft does specify what circumstances if any, will be considered acceptable for 1 postponement and states that all cames must be begun on the date sél, unless otherwise agreed by the players cancerned, such an agreement being Invalid if the Hon. Secretary has not been notified of it. It is also ruled that games be com- pleted on or before the sixth day after the date-specified on the fixture list.
The Extraordinary General Meeting this evening will also consider the question of admitting children to member- ship under a Junior Membership scheme or whatever other scheme is acceptable to members.
to hold the 1956 Games in COLONY TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Detroit.
The resolution had the support American athletic
of the ganisations.
ut-
The United States last played last to the Games in 1932 when they were held in Los Angeles.
The International
Olympic Committee will decide the venue of the 1958 Games when it meets in Rome next month.
Other cities_expected_to apply. for the Games in that year in- clude Melbourne, Buenos Aires, Rome and Lausanne.-Reuter,
British Games
games
lent ground for making 'one's Landon, Mur. 3.-Five nations opponent bite his lip with im-have accepted Invitations to match is to be played and the patience and has distressed more compete in the British Tournament Secretary, Mr L.
Úlian.one Tournament Secretary, athletics at White City Stadium Goldma that
shakes his head at any it is not generally
realised on June 6. bruised hand, a
about Tournament Secretaries Visiting athletes will come sprained ankle, necessary over that they bear the brunt of all from Belgium, Holland, France, time at the office or the sudden complaints made about every-Nerway is taking the place of Nerway and the United States. arrival of the firm's taipan from thing having to do with the run- Shanghai or Singapore constitute ning of the tournament and the Sweden, which declined because grounds for postponement.
engagements.-Asso- job of placating a competitor of other
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who insista, in his turn that
The idea behind this firm turned up on the appointed date postpone the cost of having been unable
ciated Press.
RAF Pair Brilliant But Unsteady
By "RECORDER"
-The-RAF- pair, J.-S. Beirne and A.-J. Doyle, put up a match against Lee Chun-kit, last year's Doubles finalist, and Au Kam-moon yesterday in the first round of the Colony Open Grasscourt Doubles Championship at the HKCC that ran the whole gamut from brilliant strategy and spectacu- lar killing to lapses into mediocrity.
There can be no doubt, even on the result of yesterday's match, which the RAF pair lost, that they are not far off being the best doubles combina- tion in the Colony.
there will be sucent post that and, at the appointed time (at Coaltown Equals and Tournament he won
World Record
mente necessitated by the arrival to entch that closing airmail to of the rainy season, which is London and after a hurried taxi not far away, and that pre-ride at the end of which the vious experience has proved that driver had no change for a ten- four-year-old one postponement leads to an-dollar note, etc.) is by no means
an easy one..
Au Kam-moon, and Lee Chun-
kit beat 3, S. Beirns and A. J. Doyle, 6-1, 6-8, 7-5,
match point and, though Deyit worth and D. Nolan, 7-8, 3-6.
They twice were within Williams beat C. H. Wiggles
double-faulted twice at a critical M. Heenan and M. W. Lo beat moment, he showed up enough F. A. Fisher and Capt. R. W. good tennis to suggest that the, Macreth, 6-0, 6-1. standard of the. Far Eastern N. Lo and D. Lo beat Albert von Chan and Lawrence Chon, 7-5, last year was not as low as | 6-4. some thought after seeing him 'Lee Boan-sing and T. T. Chen climinated in the first round of beat Peter M. F. U. and C. Lau. the Grasscourt Singles by Ho 6-1, 0-1. Miami, Florida, Mar. 3.The Kn-lau.
colt, Coaltown, from the Calumet Farm stable, height helps him,
In one department, where his other..
he reigns equalled the world record in
supreme. I have to search my The experience of the recent
winning a mile and one furlong memory for recollection of any- The Kowloon Chess Club in-race here. Iis time was one Championships was tends to have Hrdcourt
one who can kill at the net with a Tournament minute 47 and three Afths that, due course,
exceptions Committee instead of a Tourna=
that that an accuracy
bangs having been made, they had to
down a sizzler nine times out lost anyone claimed ment Secretary to run its future be.continue
Indian Broom set the record of tent. tournamerits. One can almost in 1936. The Australian im- that his entry fee was in the
In ported horse, Shaonen as somebody picture three men closing currency
menacingly on the sportsman of equalled the time last year, varied
interests who, unfor- Coaltown was clocked for the tunately, was due at the same first mile in one minute 34 and ate and time to play darts for one-fifth seconds, a fifth of a the Old Red Lions against the second better than the world record shared by Equipose and Prevaricator.--Associated Press.
same cise's.
The question of grounds, for postponement has always been
a very moot one in this Colony Old Skywayslans where manana is the order of
the hunt for the dollar
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Club Soccer XI
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The following will represent the Club 2nd XI, against C.A.A; at mie- cer at Boundary Street on Saturday Taylor, at 2.30 pm. McKenzie;" Sloan. Darclay Locke, Urquhart; Young, Baker, Nelson, Hooper, Bar- ker,
Mister Conquest
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TODAY'S GAMES HKCC Club Singles Championship
Court 1: W. G. D. Cooper vs. B. T. M Jones.
Court 2: G. 3. Coxhead vs. P.
Bannerman. the
The game was one of the best
with seen in a long time
Court 3: A. Furrer vs. G. H. on by Wigglesworth. Chinese pair holding sheer steadiness and gule to win through a match that went to 33 games.
were
up
Doyle and Belrne ted 5-4 and 40-love in the last set. If they have been eliminated from the
they tournament. against a combination that will
far..
THE RESULTS Results were:
go
I.
It.
Court 4: G. A. Leney vs. pr
Meyer. Court 5: II. J. Armstrong vs.
Segalen. Court 6: J. D. Mackle vs. J. Barrow.
Umpires: L. F, Stokes, C, W. L. Way, J. Bradbury, J. B. Kite.
and. B. Deacon.
L.F.. Stokes and R. Segalen | LOCAL GOLF beal Daniel Chan and M. L. Chan, 6-2, 7-5.
J. L. C. Pearce and Fitzroy
Mrs Haig Wins
Ladies' Tourney
Singapore Service XV Win 8-5 In A Sporting Encounter
By "SIDELINER”.
The Singapore Combined Services Rugby XV scored its second win yesterday at the Army Ground at Sookunpoo when it defeated the Hongkong Combined Services team by eight - points (one goal and one try) to five (one goal.
The visitors, evidently recovered from their air trip on Sunday, put up a grand performance and throw, their all into the match. They were superior in all departments of the game and gave a grand exhibition of teamwork.
The forwards played well in the open but were inclined to make little use of their feet in the clutches. Their backs were very quick off the mark once the ball came to them from the scrums and van de Mullen delighted the spectators with long kicks into touch whenever there was danger threatening. Stothard made several fine individual efforts and it was through one of these that Singaporo scored the deciding try.
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For the Hongkong Combined Hongkong Services atlacked gathered the ball but before he services Tulip stood out bead from the kick-off and after could get into stride van do Innd shoulders above the others.about ten minutes of His picking up of the ball from. Pritchard went over for a try.
play Mullen forced him into touch. the feet of the opposing for Stovett split the posts for the
FLUCKY wards and spirited Individual conversion. efforts marked him as the man to watch and the Singapore players made no mistake about
c.
U.S. Golfers Will Compete
For $225,200
Chicago, Mar. 2. United States professional goifers will compete for US$255,200 in prize money offered in 15 tournaments this Summer...
Undaunted by this early re- verse, the Singaporeans matched kick for kick and play remained at mid-fleld for time. They then began to press and from a ne-out Swaine gathered the ball and zunning through П broken Bed scored, Gloss con verted.
Towards the end of the gamo Sabin wrenched his ankle and had to leave the fold. Five minutes later when his team was being hard-pressed ho again entered the field of play amidst applause from the spectators for 11s display of pluck.
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Two minutes from time Churcher (Singapore) also had Hongkong Services then be to leave the field through on in- gan to roll down the field. Just | Jury to his leg. However, the as the movement began to get siender-lead of three points and visitors hung grimly do their
dangerous Baker intercepted a pass but falled to hold it. From the final whistle came with no the ensuing serum Churcher re-
change in, the score. ceived the ball and after evading
It was a great game and a several tacklers kicked into
sporting one. In the line-outs touch at mid-field, Half-time and in the scrums the visiting carne with no further score.
woo.
team were definitely superfor. They used their feet seldom, it DOLBEAR SCORES.
ever, but then their Handling of the ball was clean and sure and This is 10 tournaments less Two minutes after the resump- than last year. The reduction is tion of the game Dolbear (Singa-the gathering up of the bail by due to the fact that the best pore) cooped up the ball from their backs was effected without players will be moving to Eng. scrum on the Hongkong 30- any untoward fumbling. land in the late Summer for the yard line, and, after brilliantly
Undoubtedly, the better team Ryder Cup matches and a shot evading Tulip, Swatne and at several big British tourna») Hankin, went, over to score an The ments.
was ably ro- Individual try. Sabin
game failed
fereed by Dr Selby. The Summer, schedule starts convert, tha ball going wide of
The visitors made two changes May 12 to 15 and concludes the posts. August 18 to 21 with the Grand Following the kick-off Singa- in their line-up from Monday Rapids open.
when they pore obtained the ball from the match, Stothard coming in for played their first line-up and Churcher, gathering Graystone Minimum prize money offered up a loose ball almost went over placing Carpenter.
and at any toumament is US$10,- for a try, being tackled 000 for the United States and Richards two yards from Canadian Open Championships. goal line. Hongkong, Services, The US. open is June 9 to 11
realising they were in a pre- and the Canadian June 22 to 23. carlous position began to use
Singapore Combined Services: to 25,
Van de Mullen; Stothard, Chur- their feet and dribbled the bacher, Maddison Daly: Sykes, clear into the oppositions' half Edwardes; Dolbear, However van de Mullen punted Slade, the ball clear and soon after-
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Biggest money offering promoter George May's self styled "World Championship at Tain O'Shanter Country Club, Chicago. He pays out US$35,- 200.-Associated Press.
GANDHI MEMORIAL
Gold Shower As W. Indios Declare At 288 For 10 -
by
the
Dolbear
THE TEAMS
Sabin,
nd-
Gibson, Rowland-Price,
wards the local team was forced Smith, Baker and Drew. to touch down.
Hongkong Combined Services; Richards; Tulip, Hankin, Pri- Following up the
Swalne: Mitteltstrasse, clearing chett, kick, the Hongkong Services Kidd; Goss, Newton, McClement invaded the enemy's territory, Fappin, Dalglish, Stovell, Murray but they met with a stubborn and Milne. defence. Tulip was prominent nt this stage of the game.
Time and time again he would gather up the loose ball and try to break away.
Cambridge Beats RAF
On two occasions he nearly London, Mar. 2.-The Cam-
Bombay, Mur, 2. The did but the fleet-footed Stothard bridge University XV today de- West Indies batsman, Ever-managed to catch him before he feated the Royal Air Force by 11 was in the clear. Once Tulip points to in a rugby -union ton Weekes, who recently following his own kick, ahead game.--Reuter." established a world-record
by scoring five consecutive
Test centuries, won a gold ARGUMENT REVIVED wrist watch here today for making 116 runs in a two- day Festival cricket match.
This was one of a number of prizes given by local cric- ket enthusiasts for indivi- dual feats in the 12-aside match between the West Indies and the Governor'a XII in aid of the Mahatma Gandhi National Memorial Fund.
About 20,000 people saw caro - free cricket some and the West Indies declared at 288 for ten wickets in their first innings.
In reply, the Indian team, led by the Governor of Bom- bay, had scored 137 for five wickets by the close of play. -Reuter.
FATHER OF JAPANESE BASEBALL DIES
NO SUCH THING
AS A "TKO”
New York, Mar. 2.—The old argument of whe- ther there is such a verdict ns a “technical knock- out" in boxing has been revived here. Nat Fiets- cher, editor of “The Ring" magazine, whose record books are the standard works on the sport In the United States, has deleted all references to a technical knockout in his 1949 edition.
"In these records," he writes in a foreword, "when a fighter has been stopped, whether by toss- ing in the sponge, through the action of a referee, because of injuries, or for any cause other than fouling," the editor has placci a "knockout" to the credit of the victor.
"Under the rules of boxing. when a boxer is halted, he loses by a knockout."
Fleischer does not offer a solution, however, to the prob- lem of how the records would satisfactorily explain that a de- feated boxer was a victim of Abe; misfortune rather. thon' the
Ortiz Retains
Bantam Title
New York, Mar. 2-Manuel
Tokyo, Murch 2-LaDo 83, who introduced American receiver of a knockout punch. Ortiz, world bantamweight baseball to the Japanese in the Some boxers not so much in champion, retained his title in 1800s is dead. He learned the the United States, where the Honolulu irst night when he game while student in the libel laws are lesi strict-out-pointed Pado' Marino, United States. Associated Press; might claim that their profes-
.Ortiz hnd sional standing had been im-
Blight
weight paired if they were reported as advantage, with eight, stone Elx having been "nacked out pounds to eight stone four and whereas, in fact they were pre-ja half, and though Marind was vented by an accident from con- game he was out-classed. tinuing a fight.
CRICKET TEAMS
RECREIO 1ST XI
The following have been, chosen
to represent the Club de Iecreto 1st
..
They traded punches for most. * of the first nine rounds, but
The case might be cited of a XI. against the Indian Recreation boxer who is ahend
on points, Ortiz set up a terrific attack, Cut on muriyat suffering a cut eye in a collision from the tenth round, striving
came to eminence at 1,45 p.m.-A.
Ortiz ten
M. Prata (Cant.), F. M. Nolasco da and being prevented from con- for a knockout, Silva, Jr.. Dr 4. M. Rodrigues, Dr tinuing by the roteree. Under The Judges fave EL Gesang, B. T. Gusano, L. G: Fielscher's ruling, such a boxer rounds, Marino two, with three Gosano, G. N. Gosano, A. B
Pereira, St. NA. Beltrão, De it would be recorded as having' ovan.-Reuter. AV. Garano.
Ozorio, H. M. 1. Soares Umpire, beon knocked out.
RECREIO 2ND XI
One of the boxer's just claims
to proficiency might have been that he had never been knocked League out. His record and his earnings
Cordan To Retire
Casablanca: Mar. 2-Marcel
boxing champion. said in Tan-
The final of the Ladies' Golf Championshlo played on the Old Course at Fanling on Tuesday wha won by Mrs J. Halg by 3
at 1. Mrs Halg hos played for The following wilt represent Club) Wales on several occasions. She de Restelo and XI in a was round! in 85 and showed match against the LN.C, 2nd XI might be impaired if he were very good form particularly off at the Club Lusiano al 120 pm-knockout In such a fight.
away en Baturday, players to meet reported as having suffered Cerdan, world middleweight the tees. Her opponent, Mes SA, E, Noronha (Capt.), E, A. Bong, is also nuncoded peter Alves, J., 1. §. Alves, C. in the County Class and played torre, E. Guterres, 1. A. Luz, tice of reporting a technical give up boxing at the end of the
13. Remedios, D. M. Rodrigues, knockout for any ending to a year. n very nice same but failed to
E M. Rosario, A. de O. Sales, Light, other than a points ver- make use of the few opportuni«"| Vieira, tles given her. Dunkerg, were popular throughout the game and it was not a day for putts
to drop.
The Bronze division final was also played and resulted in win for miss D.M. Cuthbertson who bent Mrs A.E. Lissaman by 2 and 1 after, a dour strugglo.
OPTIMISTS
R. A
An nversion to the old prae- gier today that he intended to
He added that he would make diet, a 10-count knockout or a 4 Alm with Adolphe Monjou In foul, has been growing in the Italy In May, ILK.CC/Optimists" in a League
The following will represent the United States in recent years.
Asked about a possible ren cricket match against the RAF, at suggestion has been made, turn match with Tony Zalo, the Sookunpop on Saturday at 2.4 pm: however, that it would be fairer American from whom he took L. D. Kliber (capt), M. M. Little, to employ initials such as "9.R." the tillo, Cardan sald that he
Oliver, Rowe, T. P.
Naban, I W. Franklin, A. for "stopped by referen" to show did not think zale would mis ter, W. 7. Bugiat, at, Wood, A. B. that a boxer was injured and the chance to earth. $50,000.
was unable to continue.Router. | Neuter AKAANZA PESTAURA
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