ning Day of League Tennis Second Division Begins; Rees Defeat Police While Japanese Beat French Club IHE Shanghai Lawn Tennis League began yesterday with five matches in the Second Division being played off. Four of the contests finished by comfortable margins, with the victory stored by the Shanghai Recreation Club, last year's champions, Over the visiting SIN. Police Recreation Club "B" squad proving most decisive at 12 to 3.
On the courts of the Association Sportive Francaise, the Police "A" were defeated by the odd set in fifteen. The Frenchmen took three of the five doubles matches, with the issue hanging on two pairs when Slobodchikoff and Favacho beat Major Bourne and Gash in one of the sets by 9-7 and Tchakalian and Rossuet defeated Eardley and Crank in the fourth pair by another 9-7 set.
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