:|Competition The badminton season will reach its climax within the next few weeks when the International Tournament, long anticipated by local partisans, will swing into action. The draw for the tournament was released last night and with date line of all first-round matches being set at Sunday, March 30, competition will begin almost immediately.
Six different nationals have signified their intention of participating in this important classic badminton contest which never fails to attract a large gallery to all the matches of the series, The two more fortunate countries this year are China and Greece who have gained any easy into the semi-final bracket by drawing byes in the preliminary round. Other contesting nations are The International was won by China last year, when they defeated England in the final. As the same pair, S. C. Hou and William Funk, are again representing China this year, they are strongly favoured to be able to defend the title successfully, Their strongest and most dangerous rival appear to be Portugal who will rely on the powerful old-time combination of B. V. de Senna and €. A. da Silva.
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The first knock-out on the amateur card was put over by Vidal of the Marines. After letting loose a battery of rights and lefts he caught his foe coming in with a right that dropped him like a ton of bricks for the count in the very first round of their Denmark's line-up is, at the moment, uncertain as Arnvig is in hospital. It is understood, however, that is not badly indisposed and will be on the court during the next few days. He will be partnered by Hansen. Meanwhile, Greece will be represented by the Chelmis brothers.
America and England will clash in other first-round tussle and. a Victory is predicted for England. Clarke and Impey will re-England this year while a likely combination for America is Griffiths and Hubbard. Russel was the originally selected to partner Griffiths but he is ill at the moment.
Another player suggested to fill his place is C. C. Squires.
The following is the draw:—
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