Mrs. Burton and Meise Beat Mrs. Stokes and Berents Yesterday evening at the Cercle Sportif Francais a number of preliminary rounds of the Shanghai Badminton Championships were played, "Meise and Mrs. Burton met Berents and Mrs. Stokes in the mixed doubles, one of the most interesting. in the competition, The result was a victory for the former couple; of two straight games with gcores of 15-12 and 15-7.
The first set was fairly even play, the score reaching 10-all after Berents and his partner had been in the lead with 8 points to 5. Berents was playing a very spectactual game, especially with his back-hand returns and smashing, Phe.play was chiefly between the two men, both playing the back-lines, The set closed with an exceptionally long and exciting rally in which the women were called upon to do their part, Mrs. Burton was playing her usual efficient game at the net and had a strong opponent in Mrs. Stokes who made few mistakes, in dact, this is probably one of the best games that the latter has played during the season. Her one weakness was her service, which was much too high and allowed rushing on the part of Meise.
Meise himself was in his element, and kept the rear of the court fully covered, His placing was excellent and he literally wore his opponents down.
The second set started in an interesting manner with Berents leading with three points to more. Eventually Meise crept up and put over a lucky shot, which tipped the net when the scote stood at 7-8. This changed the service into his hands and, taking over, he and his partner ran out with the remaining seven points, Berents, at this stage of the game, appeared to lose interest, letting many shots pass which he should at least have attempted to take, or so it appeared to the spectators, Other Games Flood beat Chaillon in two setts 15-12 and 15-1, the last being rather an unequal contest, while in the women's doubles, Mme des Courtils end Miss Eardley beat Mrs. Cate and Mrs. Morcher 15-4 and 15-4.
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