Winning their respective semifinals on Saturday afternoon, J. L. Wade and R. Canavarro, and Gordon Lum and Khoo." Hooi-hyle fentered the final of the Shanghai Lawn Tennis Association's men's doubles championships, Wade and Canavarro on Saturday" afternoon defeated J. Pott and W. A. H. Duff by 3-6, 6-3, 6-0 and 8-6, while Lum and Khoo a and T. Oka by scored another amazing victory on Sunday afternoon, at the Cerel Sportif Francias in the Shanghi pen doubles championship, feating John Wade and Raoul Can varro in the course of five well-Fratehed setts by the scores of 6-3, 2-8, A big crowd turned out to watch the season's last doubles match con-@ucted by the Shanghai Lawn Tennis Association and was. given a fine treat in seeing a good tennis match which marked the second successive time that the Lum-Khoo combination has won the coveted trophy.
Proceeding this encounter another very interesting. tennis game was. seen between W. A. H,. Dull and Paul Kong, who fought' to qualif for the right of entering the semi final round of the open single championship "Which will, probably take place next Saturday. The Can dian star won in three at G4, 64, O41, Open Tennis Tourney Followers of tennis, especially hose -dyed-in-the-woo! "enthusiasts, will have the opportunity of seeing an epochal tennis tournament which is really: China's first "Wimbledon when the country's best players are Tnvited "by" the China National Amateur "Athletic Federation participate what is termed an Tne This unique function, though the official announcement is. still kept Inder the hat, will blossom forth probably a week before the interport feries between" Hongkong and Shanghai which is. tentatively—scheduled—for the first week-en Gctover, The. Hongkong interport team, composed of 8. A, Rumjann, E. C. Fincher, and Ho Ka-low will repre-cent "South China. Gordun Lum who has recently come back from Tientsin, has been invited to wear the colours of the North together ith "Hao" Webming, "the, Peking far, Arcording to Lum, Kao wil seech Shanghai in a week's time.
'Aavto Shanghai (or East China), hoo Hooi-hyle and Paul Kong will be included to represent local Chin-cee. Tt ip said that W. A. Hi, Duff De. Duck, who put up a splendid Sight in last' Sunday's Roper final invited to perform in the Gonbler while Seiko Tawara, pre-bent holder of the Shanghai Singles championship, will play his part in he singles.
Now that the first division championship of the Shanghai League has been decided in favour of the Japanese Club, interest is focussed on the second division title for which the "Japanese andthe Rees are onning neck-and-neck. Last. week The Rees Ted but the results at present give the Nippon netman the ede.
The standing of the teams fol-
Saturday's sporting programnte saw the Shanghai Wetovions and vang ning the annual The Shanghai Hace Club by. five wickets and the other losing to the tras played at the SCC. and" the wa at the and the Inter ad the Recreation Club.
"The annual encounter between the SCO. and the Shanghai Race 'Club commenced over half an hour Into, this no doubt being due to the excellence of the Race Clubs' tifin,
was. anticipated. min which occupied rather longer, th Wan the GlaeSfor the hace "Cla and sent in Capt, Harris "and Marshall (who scored 95 in last Sunday's game) to face the bowl ing of Mansel-Smith and Eliott, The bowling needed very careful Watching as Elliott was' swerving End Manse Smith made the
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