The Archive · 1937

The Men's Doubles

Much activity was) witness: the men's doubles as three important encounters were played off. In the upper half of the division Ronald Ma and Y. Cheng did well to beat P. C. Tong and K. P. Li after having travelled the full distance of three sets at 4-6, 6-2, 7-5. The match was well played, both sides showing spells of brilliancy with the fine volleys and smashes for which the four Chinese collegians are noted.

The lower bracket saw Lewis Carson and C. C, Squires again in a superior position as they eliminated Meise and Forbes in straight sets by 60 and 6-4. Preceding this encounter the latter pair took the measure of Krenov and Berents at 6-3 and 6-3. The good work of Squires gave Carson at the a5- sistance he wanted and the pair literally swept the Meise-Forbes combination off the court, In the women's doubles Mrs. Heinzerling and Miss Tavares were victorious against Mrs, de Prisque and Mrs. des Courtils and gained entrance to the final round. The winners dropped the first set at 4-6 but rallied to win the next at 8-6 and then wound up by 6-2.

Miss Chow and Li were unfortunate to lose to Miss Holwill and clu Pac in the mixed doubles by a score of 4-6 in the third set of their unfinished match from Thursday The Chinese pair were 3-0 ahead but in all of a sudden Li lost his then placed the ball forward and Boissezon left his goal as Greenberg made contact with it, turning the ball past the keeper. Marcal, in an effort to clear scored for his opponents, (8 mins). service game in the fourth. Thenceforward they failed to retain the mastery and enabled Miss Holwill and clu Rac to overtake them at 6-4 which made the final score read 8-6, 10-12, 6-4.

After the Police had held territorial advantage for some time Segalin swung a long ball out to Favacho. The Police appealed for off-side instead of playing to the whistle the winger cut in and scored.

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All Finals To-day The finals in the various championships will be played to-day. Play starts in the morning with the singles matches. An admission of $1 will be charged. The schedule

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