L. D. Carson, Shanghai's ace tennis player. will be figuring in the biggest tourney of his career this month when he plays in the Philippize Open Tennis Championship in Manila, which attracts some of the best talent in the Far East and Aus +|tralia, Carson left recently for th: southern city and is expected to be away for about a month, during which time he will probably also take part in the Philippine Wack Wack Golf Championship.
This is the third time thet Carson ""N.C.D.N." Photo, Now in the Semi-Final of the Skottowe Cup
margin Of 4-1 in yesterday's Skottowe Cup clash at the Race Course. They are now in ce Dar -oue marin of finals of the Skottowe Cup. Pictured above are the Legionnaires: Left to Right (back a game the A.S.F. came back to rout Lusitano by the Tow) ' Bell, Pecquery, Collet, Premet, Roussel, Segalan, Trainer. (Bottom row) Roboostoff, Mihailoff, Bossuet; J. Ward, Smith, has keen invited by the Philippine Lawn Tennis Association to take part in this championship but this year is the first time that the Shanghai star has been able to accept.
While in Shanghai, Carson has swept aside all opposition in a highly convincing manner ard it will be extremely interesting to see how he will fare against first-rate competition, It may be recalled that Carson received a strong test in May 1939 when F. Ampon, the Filipino Davis Cup player, paid a visit here. On that occasion, Carson was out of "N.C.D.N." Photo, Heads In The Air Bobby Favacho and Paul Bell watch while Marcus Gaan dnd Roussel leap high in an effort to head the ball during yesterday's clash between the Legionnaires and Lusit tano at the Race Course.
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