1949-04-01 — Page 6

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1949."

COLONY BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS

By "SIDELINER"

ROBERT TAY IN ALL THREE SENIOR FINALS

Champions are in a class by themselves and this was aptly proved by Robert Tay, reigning Colony Champion, at the Club de Recreio last evening when first, partnering Patrick Wong, he en- tered the final of the Senior Men's Doubles by defeating Charles Au & W. F. Foo, in three gruelling sets and then, later in the evening, defeating Bill Funk in straight games to enter the Senior Men's Singles final,

Tay is now to contest three finals, having already passed Into the final of the Senior Mixed Doubles with Miss Marie Ribeiro on Wednesday, and is a firm favourite to be the Triple Crown King of the Colony Badminton Cham- plonships for 1919.

Taking the court In the Singles game against Bill Funk less than two hours after a three-game Doubles match, Tay was considerably handicapped but his triumph over Funk proved him to be a player of high calibre,

form,

Both players started off con- er stages of the game, and Adently but Tay drop-returns allowed him time to recover his of. Funk's smashes which, croB3=

As it was Lau and Miss ing the net with less than an

to tach to spare, gave him the lead Kwong singed a comeback

i win the next two games for the Funk won the next at '5-0.

The score being: 10-15, point when Tay netted and then match. the shuttle changed hands even 15-0, 15-10. lines before Tay scored a point. During these exchanges of age-- vices both players threw discre- tion to the winds and the smash- ing rallies which ensued, with both players trying to blast each other off the court with power, will long be remembered.

Toy was forced to bring all the strokes at his command in to play when he found Funk under his refused to knuckle

Tay led 11-5 but -smashes. Funk staged grand rally to bring the score to 11-10.

He then made two errors on Tay's service, netting his ro- turns through Inability to keep up the fast pace,

Tay also was breathing hard and apparently was feeling the strain when Funk drew on hi reserves and deuced the game at 13-all with several tremen dous smashes which found the

sidelines.

He won the first two of the required 5 points before losing the service, Then Tay brought liis cross-court drops into play with telling effect and rected off five points for the frat game.

pame

It could be seen that both players were Uring with perhaps Funk the more weary of the two. However it was Funk who took the offensive in the second while Tay replied on drops and forced Funk to play on the run. The fast pace of the first game told greatly Funk's play while Tay stroked to an 8-1 and then an 11-3 lead. From this point it was 80 that Funk had shot bis bolt and Tay ran out winner of gone and match 18-15, 15-4.

SENIOR MEN'S DOUBLES

JUNIOR MEN'S DOUBLES

T. E. Rodrigues, partnering F. M. Ribeiro against C. Y. Yung and K. P. Chang, was no much off his game that during the whole match he made only five mashes which were effective. It was largely due to the fine play of Ribelro that the first game went to extra points but the Recreio pair finally, lost out 10-17, 15-8.

EXHIBITION TENNIS

Changes in the tennis exhibi- Hong- tion matches between kong and three members of the have been Paris tennis team made necessary due to the late arrival of The Dubuc, who will now arrive on French star, Monday. The other two mem- bers of the team, Von Sau and Duong have already arrived.

The revised programme is as follow-

At CRC tomorrow! 3.15 p.m. Van Snu v Tsui Wal-pul p.m. or Tsui Yan-pul; 4.30 Duong v Ip Koon-hung.

At CRC on Sunday: 3 p.m. Duong v Tsul Wat-pul or Tsul Yan-pul; 4.30 p.m. Van Sau v Ip Kaon-hung: P.m. Van Sau and Duong v Tsui brothers or Ip Koon-hung and W. C. Choy. The matches scheduled to bo the Hongkong Cricket played at Club on Monday and Tuesday have been put back to Wednes- day and Thursday, Full detalls

of the change in programmo will be published later.

K.P. Chong played his usuni dependable game from the back court while Yung delighted with hla drops. Still was Albeiro who commanded atten-

with his tion

returns of unashes, drops and everything else which the Chinese pair sent over and had his partner recovered just a little bit of his form the result might have been different.

THE RESULTS

Senior Men's Doubles: Robert Tay & Patrick Wong beat Char- lie Au and W.F. Foo, 15-10, 11-15 and 15-6.

Junior Mixed Doubles: D. C. Lau

au & Miss Helen Kwong beat

Quinn & Charlie

Miss X. Franco 10-15, 13-0 and 15-10. Junior Men's Doubles: C., Y. Yung & K.P. Chong beat F.M. Ribeiro &T.E. Rodrigues 18-17,

15-8.

Sentor Men's Singles: Robert

The Ladies' Singles between Tay boat Bill Funk 13-16, 15-1, Miss Margaret Xavier and Miss Marie Ribeiro was postponed. MIXED DOUBLES LEAGUE PLAY-OFF

St The play-off between Teresa "A" and Recrelo for the Jurilor Mixed Doubles League Champlonship will be staged at Kowloon Tong Club starting 8 p.m.

tonight,

HOME-STATE HONOURS

Featherweight champion of the world, Hartford's Willie Pep (left, with sun glasses), who regained his title from Sandy Sadler in a New York fight, receives a silver trophy from Connecticut Gov. Chester Bowles (right) at the State Capitol. Behind the two are State Boxing Commissioner Billy Prince (second from left) and Kid Kaplan (second from right), former featherweight champ-AP Wirephoto.

Scollins-Bucks Features Golden

Fight Tomorrow's Gloves Card

By "KAYO CURLY"

·

PAY FOR SOCCER STARS

Babe Ruth Thought System Was "Queer"

By JOHN MACADAM

One of the arguments that has always been used by proselyting pundits in the sacred cause of Higher Pay for Soccer Stars has, for many winters of our discontent, been the relatively higher shekel-rato of the American baseball player.

Wo recall distinctly taking the late Babe Ruth to Highbury and having him ask who was the little guy with the long pants and how much more did he get than all the other guys.

"That is Alex James," we] wrung from, - the Soccer told the so-called Sultan of hierarchy. Swat, famed in his OWNL Soccer players, says Dan, get national game as the greatest £10 n

home-run king of them all. and he gets just the sonic amount of money as the reat of the players on the field."

Ituth-watched for another couple of minutes as the little man gyrated, and then he said: "It's crazy."

Considering that Babe Ruth took a dollar millionaire's for- itune out as his game und Alex | James did not out of his, the; comment appeared at the time: to be completely justified.

Yet, here is U.S. columnist! Dan Parker—an old stword- crosser who once described us Na a Uitle Kuy who didn't know his own strength-claim- Ing that the British Soccer con- tract is,a better parchment than the baseball one.

n week (actually £13, plus £3 for a win and £1 for a draw, plus Cup talent monoy at varying rates), and ball players have to play about 30 games a month for not much more per game. And there is no close- season pay. Dan Bnds only one thing in the ball player's fav our-the climate in which ho

works..

What Wembley Means In

Tax Revenue

London, Mor. 31-What Wembley means to the Britian OFF THE RAILS

Covernment was shown at the Wembley Company's anquai This from Dan, Is quite general meeting when tho something and can' bear con- Chairman and Managing-Direc- sideration, for the gentlemani 18tor, Sir Arthur Elvin, said that not Inclined to bend over the tax authorities had last year backward in defence of these received. Over £670,000 from here parts.

the activities of the sporting |events held in the main stadium He quotes one Jimmy Mills, and Empire Pool. one-time Brilish pro, and now of Üyls sun, greyhound manager of Philadelphia Na racing taxations accounted for tionals Soccer side, as saying over £427,000, entertainment that British Soccer Juniora of tax £110,000, income and pro- promiso are approached, bontis fits tax over 200,000 and local In hand, by professional rates over £60.000. managers and contracted for a The total profits were down weekly salary in the playing more than £100,000 being only scason and another weekly £106,880 against £207,009 in salary in the close seasonL

1947.

These facts and figures do not Then Dan gets slightly off the take into account the Olymple ralis by declaring thai thì

Welcome, fight fans! All roads lead to the spacious China Fleet Club Theatre tomorrow night when the Golden Gloves Sports Club, purveyors of thrill-a-minute fight cards, stage one of the biggest fistie shows of the current boxing season,

A well-matched seven bout programme, with a weight-lifting exhibition chucked in for your money's worth, greets fight fans who foregather at the arena for this evening of fisticuffs. Promoter Jim Rainey has local laurels against the best in close one and the bout should The play-off for the Cham-assembled a galaxy of boxing the "London" Petty Officer can be packed with acilon. plonship of the Men's, Doubles stars on tomorrow's card and offer.

Youthful Liu Hongkong son of 1) "B" Division be- there is every Indication that

well-known sportsman C. Quie, (Section VIC will be it the Victoria Re- thentre will go away after the of a wicked right haymaker and HMS "Belfast"

Tom Scalling is the possessor clashes tween Hongkong University and those who pack the Fleet Club

with A.B. Priest of

In another youngster gets a proportion of Games held during August in creation Club tonight, starting final gong has halled the pro- has a long ring career, which sizzling encounter. Liu is the sale price (as he calls it) the main Olymple" Stadium

ceeding. with nothing but includes several topnotch speedy artist and is southpaw on transfer to another profes- and Empire POOL praise for the battle-scarred triumphs over the leading light-whose style may worry the slonal side. The fact is, of During the games, the com››

enemy. He will be out to stop course, that if he does get and other property and the ser- pany gave the use of both arenas the sailor while Priest is quite cut on transter he confident of bringing home the breaking not

is vices

of only the articles

the permanent staff free bacon. This 1# 1 flyweight of football association,

of charge, but they received also three of the Commandments Compensation for the loss of The battle of the ants will as some of them are alleged to profit through the cancellation take place in the third tilt of do.

of the company's normal sport“. ing activities during the Olym plad.

nt 7.30 p.m.

combatants.

Dockyard Upset Bucks, the prodigal son who re-

Hongkong's

South China

The biggest upset in yes terday's Second Division the

The exhibition games at the CRC are all best of three scls.soccer programme was Charges for admission are $5 for 4-1 defeat of South China by Dockyard at Caroline

In the Senior Men's Doubles-scats and $2 standing.

Robert Tay and Patrick Wong

v. Charles Au and W. F. Foo-- Tay and Wong proved victurious 15-10, 11-15, 15-0,

errors

KCC Tournament

As

the Kowloon

Foo was in fine form last mediately after Easter, evening but the Tay-Wong

8

In all, ave events will be held

combination took no chances in and they are ladles singles and the declding game. Although Wong, was inclined to 'poach' doubles handicaps, men's singles and put off Tay's anashing and doubles handleaps and strokes the combination

15-0 when found his form

beld

mixed doubles handicap. Entry

JUNIOR MIXED DOUBLES Comunittec.

It appeared to most of those present that after winning the Initial game against D. C. Lat & Mis Helen Kwong, the

HKCC Final

Hill.

By

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of their

4 Talkoo

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2

weight

performers of nmateur world.

the

Ramsey own

turned to the fold after severnl of sojourning around

years

21 VICTORIES

He has 21 wins chalked up Shanghal and the Northern on his tally card against 4 xe- ports, will step into the ring for the main bout of the card. Bucks will toss leather with battering Tom Scollins, pride of HMS battle. Bucks was slated to tangle "London". In a six-round

Empire Games Tom

R. Segalen became the Singles Zealand, countries

a great deals

.

WEIGHT-LIFTER

affair.

a

but of

the card when an all-“Lendon” battle will feature P. O. Wil- Main interest, howover, is in liams against George Upjohn of the section in which Dan makes Representations have been the same naval vessel. This Is it clear that a Soccer player can made to the Government to a re-match, Williams won the refuse to be transferred, where- modify the 10 per cent tax on flest scrap but Upjohn is out to as a baseball man who will not greyhound racing and to the

vengeance

the allow himself to be sold to an- jocal authorities to reduce the Inter-Services series just around other chub can be suspended.

rating assessment.-Reuter, two fighters the corner, these will be hep to showing of their

talents,

reap

A

With

"The club," he says, "Is under no obligation to give him part of bruising encounter will the purchase price bring Hongkong's Tony Silva course, in order to get a player's into the ring with LSA Chanter approval of a

deal that will of HMS Hart in a welterweight beneft the club, a magnate will bout. Both fighters can give often give him a stare of the. and take punishment. Chanter, money received

though giving away poundage, tract...

is consistent winner and

worth a bet every time he

goes to the post.

Silva is a hot

for his

CONTRASTS

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Pickworth Leads Australian

Golf Tournament

the

Sydney, Mar. 31. J. Pick- worth,

Australian Open Golf Champion, with a 68- threa under par-beaded the feld at the end of the arst day's play in the. McWilliams Open Tournament for which topclass game and then anish prize money totals £2,000. his days with a non-League or Bill Holder was lying second The local Police Force boasts an amateur club as player- with 70 and Norman Von Nida

number and a terrific hitter. It should be an

tussie.

In Soccer, a player can spend action-jammed the best years of his life in the

TIENTSIN GIANT

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a

with P.

The second round of tho tournament is to be played to morrow and the final on April

-Beuter.

Elant boxer in Tientsin's coach. In major league baseball, shared third position Yeung Wing Hol who will tackle a player cannot be returned to Thomson, the 19-year old Vic Leading Patroiman Reeve, HMS the equivalent minors, without torian amateur, each with- 72. "Tamar", in

years' afier ten middleweight his consent contest. Yeung packs dynamic senior service. in both flats and is out to give Reeve the run of the mill. Dan contrasts this happily with Reeve can tag his opponent with the five-yearly benefit to which a tough sock, These two boxers the British pro, is entitled, and ate evenly matched and a good he would no doubt be happler bout is expected.

still at the 10 percent, provident

The Royal Navy's one and fund the Players' Union hos

with locally renowned Bob Pul- ling. Golden Boy of the Royal Although Dockyard have been Navy, in the top fight but, owing

in Cricket showing marked improvement in

their Wong was displaying in-

their recent matches, it was weights, as Bucks

132 lus different form while Tay, after Club's circulars announcing the hardly expected that they would

d to bring him- Pulling had to while whuning the first gaine, made tennis tournaments have only beat the Caroline Hill team. mony costly

through just been circulated to mem-

defent, self down from 148 to 142 lbs.

by

e. the fight was Kong time, taking it too casy while Au &bers and as so many intending

mentioned South China have seriously jeo-withdrawn from the programme. Foo combined well to take the competitors have

the f

Local boxing fans had waited game at 15-11.

that they have not had time to pardised their chances in Het in any practice, the Tennis Second-Division.

through-the-years-for-a-Bucks- The following are the results Pulling scrap but unfortunately Tay & Wong began of pluy Committee have decided to post- their strokes at Au, deeming pone the closing date for entries of yesterday's games:

their hopes cannot be realised; alm the weaker player of the for the Spring Tennis fiandi- South China 1 Dockyard 4 However, another sultable op two, but in several rallies Au caps to Friday, April and Chinese AA

1ponent has been found for the more than held his own. that play will commence im-Club

speely Bucks The crafty SCOLLINS STEPS IN

his Scollins. who whole string of victories to his name, will step into the breach Auckland, Mar. 31. The vacated by Pulling

Scollins and Bucks are holly long enough to win the decider forms may be had on applica- countrics taking part in the

who spare nothing in Wong

tion to the bar boy. Competi- Empire Games here next belters suddenly

must nominate the going after a ring victory and and stashed fors who wish to have partners year many winners to the baseline. found for them are requested to events in which they intend these boys tangle the decision will hang in the Tennis get in touch with the

competing by October 31, balance until the last punch is It was announced today. thrown.

Ramsey Bucks is well known With the exception of Austo local boxing circles as he held Iralia, Canada and

New the Colony's lightweight title in must lodge 1941 after a brief but brilliant ol the Hongkong the names of their competitors rise to fistic fame. He is the Recreio pair, C. Quinn & Mira Champion

when by December 7-with the no- son of the late "Iron" Bux, all- Cricket Club yesterday Yolande Franco, would be cer-

boxer conquering tuin finalists but Quinn fell off he defeated B. T. M. Jones 10-8, minntions subject to alteration on

up to December 14.

severni his game to such an extent that 4-0, 0-1 and 0-2.

Australia and Canada ara 200

wenties. Bucks had scraps in Shanghal where he all the opposing pair had to do

allowed to nominato

Valentine Knige, who will Pling should as usual dish up to left behind an impressive record. give a weight-lifting ex-light of his large partisun follow-championship of the Hongkong a flashy performance to the de- annexing the Second Division was to play the shuttle to him

January 7. would either

He was, shaded on points on and he

net his

Cricket League, the Indian Re- return or smash it out.

but was al-hibition at the Golden Gloves Ing On the Stand Court today at Permissible entries have been several occasions

During the interval between creation Club will be holding a In thore Athletics, Miss Kwong a newcomer to

tossing Tournament at the China 4.30 p.m., the Colony Open arranged as follows;

for his worth. leather

fights,

youthful Valentine subscription dinner at the Club- Hongkong badminton, had an Doubles final between the Tsut four competitors for individual a close points decision Fleet Club tomorrow night Knige will give a weight-lifting house at 7.30 p.m. to-morrow,

of match

one nerves and brothers and Lee Wal-tong and evento, attack could do nothing right in the Ip Koon-hung will be played.

competitors for the to Hank Harris, lanky Yankee and will attempt to set. new exhibition of the three. World A charge of $5 per head will be events, slx

whe

Jifts: the Olymple Golden Colony records.

two hand made and membera desiring to formerly marathon, first game, but pulled herself

Gloves champ in the lightweight

military press, the two hand

take

ke part are requested to make clean together in the second and third,

and jerk, and the two their reservations with the bar Cycling, fencing, swimming division in the United States. making ample amends for her

hond snatch. Val weighs 140 boy. the and diving: were

three competitors Scollins, Ramsey's rival to- mistakes with strong smashes

versals. fle has been kayoedibs, and will toss up 100 lbs. In On Sunday, a ten danco will results of last night's Basket- for individual events, one team morrow night, was also clipped ball League games at the SCAA [for_team_events.

and that was when the two-hand press, another 100 be held from 4 to 6.30 pm. A same slugging Harris but once Stadium, Caroline HI:

Boxing, wrestling and weight-on a points setback. Bucks is be succumbed on a TKO deci- lbs. in the snatch, and will do nominal entrance fee of $1 per

head will be charged. lifting; one competitor in cach hustle in the ring, packs a hefty sien to A. B. Marsh of Port-a clean jerk of 200 lbs. weight. Rowing and sculling wallop, and mixes punches with land way back in 1937.

The Commissioner of Police, His victories Include points Mr D. W. one competitor for individualn gusto. He has trained very

Macintosh, wi wins over Kid Pedruto, local present the prizes at the con- events, one team for team hard, under the

in 1948, Smith, clusion of the fistle card. 27 Chung Sing 30 events. Lawn bowling: one Trainer Skelly Razack, for this boxer.

Champion in 1940, 37 Lai Hang

from the 10 team in event-Reuter,

bout and aims to uphold his Malaya

Report emanating LGNR Sertich, Saigon cham-box office predlet a

sellout for plon, in 1940, E. M..Copeland, tomorrow's

programme, Tho Cochin-China clumpton in 1943, Golden Gloves promoters have and

Ceylon's Lightweight chalder, A.I. Obeyshore, in spared no pains in tuning up one of the biggest boxing shows 1030.

for long time. Boxing is on Scollins bas his heart set on the threshold of a big local eclipsing Bucks from the spot- uplift and boxing enthusiasts Ught tomorrow night. He has should come forward now and the courage of a Non nud

and cross-court drops,

Miss Franco really excelled at the net but left too much to

Colony Doubles

BASKETBALL

The following

her partner. In the second and Union third game she could have helped to take the pressure off

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the

Bucks-Scollins The

bout should wind up in a slug Khalsa Hockey XI

been

should give fght fans lots of support the efforts of the hard-

of working organisers. nellon when he wnder into Bucks.

fest with the win probably The following have going to the boxer with the selected to represent the Khalsa greater endurance:

Sports Club in the hockey fix- Fans will be treated tonn- ture agalest Dockyard RC, on other dog-eat-dog tussle when Sunday, at 10.30 am on the Local boy At Mallg olimbs into RNRC (1) Ground, King's Park: P. the ring to tangle with Gunner Makhan Singh: A. E O'Shea of the Royal Navy in a Guest, Yacoob Khan; J. S. Dil- three-round lightweight scrap. lon, M. H. Ifassan, Mohinder This is a return bout between Singh, Gredal; G. W. P. Guest, these two bolters. Doth are "Kaloo Nugget Ebrahim, 6. red-hot fighters who tosa hard Ninco, Subedar Ghagat Singh, | punches, ~The verdict will be and R. Mickey,

IRC To Celebrate

To celebrate their success in

HANCOCK

Bobby Locko Enters British Open

31.--Bobby London, Mar. Locke, the South African golf champion has entered for the British open golf championship, to be played at Deal, Kent, in July.-Reuter.

Middlesex CCC Makes Profit London, Mar. 31-The Mid- Club

dlesex Country Cricket reported today It made a pront

of £4,707 in the season, 1948;— Associated Press,

Rugger Result

London, Mar. 31.—In a Rugby Union match today, Gloucester beat Blackchenth by 22 points to three.--Reuter.

SHIELD MATCH

The close-of-season Hancock Shield match be tween the Hongkong Cricket Club and the Kowloon Cricket Club will be played at Chater Road over the week-end, play commencing at 2 p.m. on Satur- day and at 11a.m. on Sunday,

The first match in the series at the beginning of the season was drawit.

The teams will be:

IIKCC

L. F. Stokes

L. D. Kilbeg, O. J.-Kerr

T. A. Pearce (Captain)

N. R. Oliver

R. W. Franklin

H. M. Newton

G. T. Rowe

T. P. Mahon

R. S. Cull ́

and

D. McLellans

KCC

W. M. Davidson

N. Hart-Baker

A. Zimmern

Capt. W. D. N. Webb

E. C. Fincher

T. A. Madar

G. E. Taylor

J. Barrow

V. C. Bond

I. E. Lee (Captain)

and

Lt. A. Stepto