The first major upset in the current Badminton League was witnessed Monday night when the redoubtable Flying Shuttles team was conquered at last with the CSF. "A" handing them a 5-4 defeat at the French Club courts in a Men's Doubles encounter. After and the French Club follo Yoh Cuuncu 9; CSF. "B" 0 L. Kew and L. H. Wade beat R. Chaillan and E. Popple, 15-6, 15-8, 15-10.
G. D. Chelmis and N. D. Chelmis beat Elster and Davidson, 15-0 15-8, 15-4. sweeping all before them in the first round with nothing less than 8-1 victories, it was thought that the crack Chinese would never be ousted, but the French Club seniors played inspired badminton to create the surprise, Other clashes of the day saw the Union Church overwhelm the C.S.F. "B" by nine sets to nothing, playing on their home courts, while thè Country Club were at home to the, Sokols and trounced the visitors by 9-0 also in their first meeting in the league.
It was through the all-round magnificent play by the combination of Meise and Berents which was responsible for the French Club's remarkable victory over the Flying Shuttles as they disposed of the leading Chinese couple in straight sels. The losers, W. Fung and T. L. Cheong could not cope with the aggressive play of Meise and Berents and conceded the first game at 8-15 and the next one without scoring a single point at 0-15. They put up more resistance in the third game but had to bow to the C.S.F. players once more by 10-15.
T. L. Cheong, 15-8, 15-0, 15-10.
Flood and McKinnon' lost to S. C. Hou and S. S. Lee, 15-14, 7-15, 8-15.
Bobo and Jorgensen lost to Wang and Cheng. 14-15, 15-8, 13-15.
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