The Archive · 1931

Sports and Pastimes

THE INTERPORT TENNIS

Hongkong Men Defeated, While Score Balanced by Visiting Ladies The interport tennis series com- Francais, Shanghai winning the menced on Saturday morning at 11 former and Hongkong the latter. Selockon the Association court at There was a change on the pro-the Cercle Sportif Franeaia. Tour }gramme. The doubles match be-matches. were on. the programme tween Mi. W. Lo and E. C. Fincher Minch Hongvong and Shanghai sha and W. A. Duff and R. Canavarro evenly. The women represen was postponed to to-day while the took for matches by strain encounter between Paul Kong and totes while the men from the Colony Ho Ka-lou was put on yesterday's Tost to the focal representatives so, Jeard at 11 o'clock in the morning, by straight sett the Duff-Lo game moving to the rhe acotes were: Altogether there were five airs James defeated Mise Mleadmare Ladies' bp every rine Tea and ang it Hence by 8-2 6 matches. In the morning Mrs.

defeated. Miss Fieth by 6 ities, ingles Mrs. Tottenham Heary of Hongkong defeated Miss Ryall by the one-sided score of 6-1,

from', ©, Fincher by EL, 4, 6, en's Singles~ithoo foo 6-2, Following this Paul Kong was engaged in a slow fight against Ho Men's Doubles—Paul ni 14 Kalo, the Colony's third singles!

Khoo Hool-bye won from Ho player, which the local seas fog by 6-0, A after 'a severe struggle "AMI he matches. were tainly" margin of 86, 6-4, 6-2. played. The scores sounded rather Jafternoon Miss £, Lo disposed of Unersided as none of the losers could also by a wide Sina. gert from their opponent margin, 6-2, G-1. The next saw The Linde! Double which og 8 Duff beat the Hongkong captain, pening. match, went to the visitor Shr 'Heary and. Mra. James, were Lo, by 6-1, 6-3, Onl. In the last Imntch on the ladies' interport pro-very balanced and had no difficulty {gramme which incidently turned out in disposing of the local pair, The Scone match which started at halt to be the only match in which the side could take a sett from the op-Past one In the afternoon sai Khoo losing posing team, Miss E. L. and The loner di not have a ford star Panaiahing his. opponent, Finches Mrs, Tottenham ' overtook "Miss Collaco and Miss Firth in the odd and lost the izar tate before he sett of three at 4-0, 6-2, 6-1.

Spa picky Aghe in the tema toy out ie." He' pat The Interport tennis series between Honkong and Shanghai was Mo" trames and lost only toa supe [brought toanendon Monday, when

Singles between the two ports" tw "lo ext encounter was the Zain' the last man's doubles match was played off at the Cercle Sportif Francais, with the result that S. feating women: Ins, Tottenham for Hongkong and Miss Firth for Shang [Shanghai, represented by W. A. H. othe luctl player was demented Duff and'R. Canavarro, easily van-fight which unfortuna-Jquished Hongkong (M.' W. Lo and fear two atta only.

B.C, Fincher) in straight setts, at We fda karo, bea imateh Khoo and Paul Kong 6- The complete results of the serie INS GU pale cally by Yosided follow:— aren "The men's and women's interport championships were equally divided among the representatives of Hong-Kong and Shanghai upon completion of Sunday's play on the Asso elation burt at the Cercle Sportif Shanghai 2: Hongkong 0 Hongkong 2: Shanghai 0

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