P. C. Tong, K. F. Li Win In Hard Court Tennis Following his surprise victory in the quarter-finals, P. C, Tong, youthful college star from the University of Shanghai, yesterday upset another veteran in the person of T, C. Chang to gain entrance into the ñnal. Tong triumphed in two straight sets of 7-5 and 6-3.
The other finalist will be K. F.
Li who eliminated T. S, Wei in the other match on yesterday's programme also by two consecutive sets of 6-4 and 7-5. Li was a student of Chiaotung University before the outbreak of hostilities, thus making today's final, scheduled to begin at 4 o'clock, an all-student affair.
The scores in both semi-finals indicate a close and gruelling fight, especially in the encounter between Li and Wei, Both adopted the attacking game and each tried to undo the other at the net, Wei began well as he drove deep into the corners, Li, momentarily, was forced to play mostly on the defensive but he did not fall behind and succeeded in holding his adversary down. From two-all the score went to 4-4, Then breaking his opponent's service in the ninth frame, Li established a lead which he capitalized upon taking the tenth game for the set.
The trailer lost no heart in his failure to garner the opening set and went out full speed again in the next session.
Other pitchers have outdone Carl in the way of ballyhoo, but try and think of a contemporary who can match records with him.
Iam writing this story about Can Hubbell because I happened to stop and talk with Gus Maacuso, a catcher.
Hubbell was warming up and J cuse, pointing to the lean and Oklahoman, said:
"There's ' the damndest man in baseball. There never was one like bim."
Then Gus told me a few things: bout Hubbell.
"Infielders have lost games for him by making the ssiest sort of errors" Gus said, ack in the clubhouse he never had a word to say. I have seen him pitch three and four-hit games and lose them because we couldn't get him any runs. But he never showed any temper. Win or lose he always walks in, sits quietly in front of his locker, quietly dresses, and quietly goes home. And did you ever see him get sore at an umpire? No, you never did, and yet they have called a thousand wrong on him. He just goes his own wa) winning those 20 or more games ea year. The greatest pitcher that ever lived, that's what Carl is."
Of all the pitchers in the National League, Gus said, Hubbell has the profoundest knowledge of what rival hitters like and don't like. He never made a note on this: carries it all in his head.
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