The Archive · 1938

Carson Again Local Champion

SPORTS AND PASTIMES — H, Collaco Puts Up Stout Battle in Final of Shanghai Men's Singles

Shanghai, Sept. 12.

OWLS D. Carson captured the Shanghai men's senior singles championship for the fourth consecutive time on the Shanghai Lawn Tennis, Association court yesterday afternoon. The titleholder disposed of Humberto Collaco in four sets by the scores of G-1, 6-4, 1-6, 6-0.

The local champion, after losing a love game to the Portuguese to start with, found is stride in the second frame and opened superbly with crisp drives down the lines and soon won the set. Only two games reached deuce.

arson continued to make short work of his adversary in the early

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