The Archive · 1941

Ola Westontans Win Cup

Shanghai, Feb. 16, With a decisive score of four clear goals. the Old Westonians captured the Junior Cup of the Shanghai Foot ball Association yesterday afternoon at the Aurora University ground, sweeping the Wha Lien footballers off their feet in the second session with three points after the ultimate winners had been leading by one to nothing in the first period.

Kliene, skipper of the Westonians, performed a hat-trick but the best goal of the contest came from the eft foot of the left winger, Cunio, who, incidentally contributed the concluding marker towards the end of the game.

The Chinese players had only themselves to blame for not scoring any point at all. On several occa sions in both halves chances of scoring. were offered to them but through feeble shooting or dilly dallying the attacks were successtully repulsed by the Westonians. Even in the last minute the Chinese had glorious opportunity to break into the scoring column but H. C. Woo missed the penalty kick.

After the completion of the match Mr. G. Lo Aitchison, a Vice-Presi ent of the STA," presented the trophy to skipper Kliene while each Carson and Duff Lose Manila Semi-finals Manila, Feb. 17.

The one-time nigh-perfect Shanghai combination of Lew Carson "and WAH. "Stick" Dutt sailered today and was eliminated from the Philippines International Tennis Doubles Championship.

With Carson off form, the Shanghai players failed to carry through thole brilliant rally after dropping the frst two sets and lost to the Philippines No, 2 doubles team, Amado Sanchez and Juan Ladow.

Sanchez and Ladow won a gruelling five set match, 0-3, 0-4, 24, 0-8, and will meet the No.'1 Philippines combination of Felieisimo _Ampon, local champion, and Cesar" Carmona, for the title, "Amado Sanchez. a former national champion and Davis Cup ployer, and Smpon, another Davis Cup star, ave well-known In Shanghai where they have played.

After fossing. the rst two sets, Carson and Duif rallied In great fash fon and deadlocked the count, They even took the first two. games of the firth and last set, but they found the pace they had sei {oo much ofa strain And weakened before the onslaughts of, their opponents.

The excellent manner in which the Shanghat players won the third set made the spectators suspect that they gave away the frst two sets In order fo make the match interesting. They seemed very confident in. the third Set and the spectators believed that they had still plenty" of tricks eft since they did not exert themselves.

"This belief was strengthened when thay. won the fourth set and annexed the frst two games of the with set "They. were fatigued and rattled in the Math set, while their rivals com= bined cleverly and. resumed there former aggressiveness to Anish off the Shanghai players.

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