FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1931.
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GOLF FINALIST'S
BAD LUCK.
LADIES' FINAL.
Florida, Feb. 24. Miss Holen Hicks beat Miss Virginia Van Wie in the final of the women'e golf championship of Florida, at Palm Beach, at the nineteenth hole. Miss Van Wie, In making a one-foot putt which would have given her the cham- pionship, struck her opponent's ball
MAIL.
THE LAWN TENNIS
PROFESSIONAL.
Must Raise the Amateur Standard
MASS INSTRUCTION.
in the annual championships at the All England grounds.
Second Fiddle.
But if the barrier against tho professional is ramoved, it will be vitally necessary that our Own professionals should be able to compete on something like level terms with the paid stars from overgens,
Otherwise the country may have to pass through another dreary era with another set of players playing second fiddle to challengers from other countries.
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The position of the professional Even if Wimbledon does not player in the British lawn tennis "turn pro" there is always a pos- acheme of things is decidedly chai-sibility that an open championship Union to...............
may be inaugurated in one of the
lenging at the moment, writes
News.
H. R. McDonald in the Evening countries owning allegiance to the International Federation, whose, He agrees with me, I think, that rules, according to American ten- his future does not lie in exhiblnis friends, already permit of auch tion play, which has been tried and has failed, but at the same time he is not content to spend his days knocking up against amateurs
at one of the big clubs.
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a championship being staged.
At the moment there is not a professional in England capable of Douglas winning the title at such a tourna-
1. K. Steamboats...$
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(Del.)...5 pete in it, I do not think oven one Shell Transports .... of the great continental profes-Union Waterboat... sionals not excepting Kozeluh,
would be first open champion of
lawn tennis.
Mining-
Hengüess
The average British lawn tennis professional, like' the rest" of- ua, lai not satisfied to see England oc cupying a lowly position in the International arena, and in hie diagnosis he is naturally ape to cite the neglect of the professional alde of the game in this country as the cause of our present periodment on the part of our profes-Langkat of depression.
sionals to speed up their own game S'hai Exploration...Th. and produce champions would be Loan........ almost as welcome as the produc-Raube tion of an amateur capable of win- ning back the Wimbledon title, which has not been won by an Englishman for over twenty years.
In this state of affairs any move- Kailan Mining Ad. if
He believes that more use could be made of the professional talent in the country, specially in the direction of conching.
"Spotter" Required. One enthusiast among the pro- fessionals would like to see up-to- date coaching centres established in various parts of the country with a professional responsible to the Lawn Tennis Association in charge.
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If many pupila came forward at any particular centre they could be taken in classes to save time and expenso; the fundamentals of lawn tennis in footwork and stroke technique readily lend theinseixes to instruction "by numbers."
Much mass Instruction has al- ready been given, I believe, by some of our coaches, and with suc- cess.
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There is little doubt, too, that a good deal of the latent talent among our young players would be wire unearthed at these centres and On demand brought to the notice of the LTLA.
On demand ... The governing body might even appoint a "spotter," whose busi-
ess would be to visit every coach-On demand ing establishment and report on { the talent and aptitude of the On demand
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ITALIAN WOMEN AND biology, however, is not everything, Platin on the rim of the cup and talent of the younger professionals
THEIR SPORTS.
Considerable Interest in
Recent Ban.
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VARIOUS OPINIONS:
Considerable interest was creat- ed in Britain recently by the an- nouncement that the Italian Light
Athletics
women.
Union had
I do boxing, Hockey and lacrosso
at a
To encourage and develop the and allowance must be made for holed it-Central Newz.
competitions might be organised ethical and paychological points of
Miss Hicks had beaten Miss on public courts, to which the view. It is on these grounds that Diana Fishwick, the British cham-public could be admitted
deprecate football for women, as pion, in the semi-final.
small admission fee.
Thus on both sides of the game new avenues would be opened up, for the production of star players to compete against the leading players of the rest of the world, who at the moment, to tell the plain truth, seem to be a bit above
as games for girls are admirable, while fencing must be regarded an
one of the ideal sports for women."
A Distinction.
· CHARITY FOOTBALL.
our class.
So far British professionals have achieved little of note outside their own country or apart from their own national championships,
On Sunday two charity football Miss E. A. Rand (of the London matches between sides represents University Appointments Board): tive of the Combined Chinese and "There is a difference between the the Royal Navy will be played on stated, through the Italian Sports Federa- women who excels at sport to the the Club ground, Happy Valley. tion, that Italy would not competo point of taking part in interna- The junior elevens will play at in the women's events at the Lostional events, and the woman who 2.80 p.ni. and the senior elevens Angeles Olympic Games in 1982, or merely plays for the sake of the at 4.15 p.m. in aid of the free at any international meeting for game. I do not think that intense school fund of the Tung Kan and I have always thought it a concentration on any one aport is Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Ma sad comment on our paid players The declalon, it is added, follows, good for a woman either physical Se Tsang, the well-known Chinese that Kazel Kozeluh, the great player. should ly or otherwise, or that such par- actor, has kindly presented a allver Czecho-Slovakian the opinion expressed by certain ticular skill is of much practical Cup for the winning senior eleven, over have had to be brought to this hor subsequent and Mr. T. N. Chau is also kind- country to coach and advise the
ly presenting silver medals to all British Davis Cup team. Lady Florence Barrett (the the playera taking part in the gynaecologist): "All careful ob games. servations during the last twenty years on the effect of athletics on morce wish to thank the Hong modern game with so much skill, The Tung Kun Chamber of Com-champion, who plays the virile the normal functions of women Kong Football Club for the loan this is not now necessary. Car wholly good for women, but is also of the ground and also the Royal tainly think the country which in-
Navy for their assistance.
Italian doctors that athletica as whole (particularly running) are not suitable for Italian
women, although a good word is put in for tennis.
Below are the opinions express ed by various women interested in ́sport and education In Britain.
Professor Winifred C. Cullis (of the London School of Medicine for Women): "Sport is an essential
Resistance to career."
show that exercise 19 not only
essential to their normal health." Miss C. M. Davy (Principal of for woman, as it is for man. It the Queen Alexandra's House Phy- improves her physique, and she sical Training College): "I think men who understand the subject has been far too long prevented that sports for women are decided thoroughly." from enjoying it. From the pure ly beneficial In moderation. Mrs. Lambert Chambers: "From ly physiological point of view the Women's physique differs from my experience, I would say that average healthy girl is presumably men's, and consequently sports tennis is a perfectly suitable game as competent to play football as should be taught to women by wo- for women to play."
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While Wimbledon remains a purely amateur meeting, the suc- ceas or otherwise of our profes sional competitions may not seem a matter of great moment to the general públic, who have little to grumble about in the play provided
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