GHANGHAL gained a safe lead over Tientsin in the Interport tennis series when its representatives, three Chinese exponents, won both the second singles and doubles yesterday on the S.L. T. A. court before a small but enthusiastic crowd of around 150 people.
The local players were in di distinctly superior form and took complete charge of the situation in both matches. The time in which Shanghai disposed of Tientsin was surprisingly short. being not more than ten minutes over two hours.
T. C. Chang, who replaced C. C. "Dud" Squire in second singles, acquitted himself commendably by trimming M. Ferber in four sets at 6-1, 7-5, 0-6, 6-2. place later, resulted in Hubert The second doubles, which took "Poker" Tong and Harry K. F.
Li taking. the measure of R. A. Chinese won in straight sessions H. Will and C. Lo Bas, The of three identical scores of 6-2.
Chang and Ferber set the series in motion and began their match promptly at 2.30 pan. The opening set was a rout, as the Chinese broke Ferber's service and reeled off four successive games. The visitor was in a helpless position as he found that the local player handled with despatch everything he sent over. Time and again the northerner ran out of position as he tried to combat with Chang, who at the outset was the carefuly calculating worker, abstaining: from forceful measures and letting his opponent carry the fight to him but weighing every stroke with deliberation and keeping on the pressure with ed return, Chinese was a waiting game in which he carried his point by letting Ferber take most of the risk and make the errors in lengthy driving sessions,
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