THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1932.
Sutcliffe Heads Batting Averages With 80.15
500 More Runs Than Nearest Rival Up To July 1
LARWOOD HEADS BOWLERS
ONLY POSSIBLE CHOICE FOR WINTER'S TOUR IN AUSTRALIA.
London, July 3.
Herbert Sutcliffe, who participated with Percy Holmes in the world's record first-wicket partnership at Leyton, heads the batting averages to date after scoring over 500 more runs than his nearest competitor. He is making a bold effort to emulate his brilliant form last season when he finished up the season with an aggregate of 3,006 runs and the colossal record average of 96.96.
Harold barwood, the Notts fast bowler, heads the bowling honours with Voce, a fellow team mate, close on his heels. Larwood, at the present moment is the only fast bowler in England who can possibly hope to make the tour of Australia this winter. He is at the height of his form at the moment, and under the judicious cap- tainey of Arthur Carr he has given of his best..
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THE CHINA MAIL.
EILEEN
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BENNETT'S
Ten Lawn Tennis Commandments
DO not share the view that lawn tennis is a sport' demanding the spartan training of an Olympic Games athlete, or of a Univer- sity crew, writes Eileen Bennett in the "Daily Herald."
away the iced drinks and allay her thirst with hot orangeade.
An equally wise rule is always to don a heavy "coat after your game, even on a warm day.
THIS
Miss Lowry to Swim the Channel
Jabez Wolffe Takes Britain's Rejpresentative in Hand
FOUR ESSENTIAL QUALITIES
In its highest form, tennis requires extreme fleetness and power, and considerable physical endurance, and many of our lead-7-BE TEMPERATE. ing players, particularly the men, train seriously for the major HIS really, is the root of the
In Miss Sunny Lowry, Jabez Wolfe, the trainer and former matter. Most of our leading men players are testotal and non-long distance swimmer, believes he has found one of the World's For the ordinary player, however, no special training is neces-smokers for weeks before Wimbledon greatest swimmers, sary other than the ordinary common-sense precautions which and Davis Cup matches. make for all-round fitness.
events.
+
The following commandments are inscribed on the tablets of my own experience, which has proved to me that moderation is the walchword of the successful tennis player. 1.-START WITH ORANGES.
into a tumbler every morning find that two oranges squeezed
make all the tonic advertisements come true. They "ban that alug gish feeling," enable you to "start your day on top," and generally "tone up the system" in a marvel- lous fashion.
They are my pet panacea; they
Below are appended the averages up to and including July 1, prevent lassitude in hot weather, and the centuries list and bowling honours list to date.
The following are the leading batting and bowling averages to date:-
Batting.
Rann Age Sutcliffe (Yorkshire) 1.603 80.15 O'Connor (Essex)
906 64.71 Tyldesley, E (Lancs.)...1,086 63,88 Hobbs (Surrey)
1,019 63.68
.1.018 61,85 933 55.53 926 55.06
K. S...Duléepsinhji
(Sussex)
C. K. Naidu (All-India), Shepherd (Surrey)
Bowling.
Larwood (Not ts)
Voce (Notts)
Durston (Middlesex)
Freeman (Kent)
Verity (Yorkshire) Geary (Leicester)
Amar Singh (All-India),
CENTURIES.
The following
centuries this season.
Wkis. Arge.
61 11,55 80 12.75 128 12.98 61 13.54 65 14.80 65 15.28 54 16.12
and ward off colds in winter-and all for twopence or, at the most, threepence a day.
v.2-SKIP ON RISING.
NOT
148 -Berry (Leicester v. Humpshire). 148N. D. Marshall (All-India
Minor Counties). 147Hammond (Gloucester v. York- TOT new, but very effective.
•shire).
personally have never been 130-Hammond (South v. North), 119-Hammond (Gloucester v. Notts). able to keep up any system of 113Hammond (Gloucester v. "physical jerks.". They bore me so.
Middlesex).
There is something peculiarly de- 146-Woolley (Kent v. Glamorgan).pressing in going through set 142-Watson (Lancashire v. All-
motions, the purpose of which one India).
only vaguely comprehends. 140-F. Lee (Somerset v. Essex). 140 -Mitchell (Yorkshire v. Glouces
Skipping, however, is its own ter).
excuse-a jolly, breath-taking busi. 140R. H. J. Brooke (Oxford U. vness that employs all the limbs,
M.C.C.).
Aushes the blood to the surface of the skin, and induces a glow of bodily happiness that is a lovely thing.
123-R. H. J. Brooke (Oxford v.
ancashire). 119-R. H. J. Brooke (Oxford U. v.
South Americans). 118-R. H. J. Brooke (Oxford U. v. Though I dislike set exercises,
Leveson-Gower's XI.). 138-L. G. Crawley (Essex v. Derby), there is one that was given to me 165 Wazir All (All-India v. Oxford-by Colonel Mayes, that great tennis
shire).
authority, which I have found 132-Wazir Ali (All-India v. beneficial.
Oxford U.).
Stand on tip-toe close to and
have scored 135-Burrough (Somerset 7. North facing a wall, and slowly stretch
313 -Sutcliffe (Yorkshire v. Essex), 270-Sutcliffe (Yorkshire v, Sussex).
158*-Sutcliffe (Yorkshire v. War-
wick).
ante),
131 -H. 3. Squires (Surrey
Oxford U.).
" Oxford U.),
132 -Sutcliffe (Yorkshire v. Glouces-103-H. S. Squires (Surrey v. Cam.
109 (Yorkshire
wick).
shtre).
bridge U.). War-131-Amar Singh (All-India v. Lan-
cashire).
a
been observed that it does not You will be an exception if combine happily with other sports
your swing, retard your speed, and put your eye "out." All runners will affirm that a season of swim- ming takes yards off their speed.
4.GO TO THE WALL.
ITERALLY," I
mean.
And
Though for the average : player Miss Lowry comes from Levenshulme, Manchester, and is train complete abstention is unnecessary, ing at Birchington, Kent. women particularly should smoke There, on the sands, this 12st, 216, of the and muscular girl- only in strict moderation. don't be ashamed of going to bed hood runs, skips, throws the medicine ball and wallows in the water early for a few night before an im- dally. portant game. Dance as often as you wish, but not for too long a
-PLAY with purpose. time.
PLAY
Mr. Wolffé said, “I selected Miss Lowry out of the three hun dred girls who replied to my public offer to take in hand England's most promising Channel aspirant.”
practice games are for, yet hosts of Lowry may break all Chamiel ashore. Mr. Wolge, takes place
swim records?
》LAYING tennis aimlessly is a people. Every time you go on
besetting sin with thousands of
Mr. Wolffe said, "Physically, zon. Yet when she tosses the ahe is the strongest girl I have medicine ball with her trainer on court you should be secretly resolved ever seen and the fastest in the those of a dancer. She a light, the sands, her movements are to improve one particular stroke or water.
lithe and flexible. manoeuvre; that is precisely what
do I that Miss
of the training Lever, you experience a ben patch-don't we all?it is prob-were championship finals.
Because she pos- Holbein, is a great believer in ably due to the fact that you are Spend an afternoon trying to sesses the four essential qualities walking as the ideal exercise. not sighting the ball, not watch speed up your second service; an- for this feat of physical endar- Miss Lowry can do ten miles and ing it on to your racket (this be other taking everything on the ance, namely, youth, perfect phy-return as fresh as she started.. ing the almost impossible ideal to backhand; another concentrating on alque, great speed, stamina.
In the water she gives that im- I trained Miss Laddie Sharpe, the pression of effortless speed which To practise against a wall mark
is the hallmark of the first-class ed with a chalk line the height of
swimmer. She has an ease of the net is a good cure. It enables
movement and a grace of strok your to polish up your strokes and
not often seen in a swimmer cap- footwork until your "eye" le in
able of great speeds over long dis tances.
aim at).
once more.
A brick wall has made cham-
pions (there are Betty Nuthall and Dorothy Round, for instance), and it will certainly cure your tempor- ary loss of form. 5-EAT BEFORE PLAY..
is as unwise play on
net smashes.
Keep your purpose
in mind, and your casual knock-up eighteen-year-old girl who succeed will be at once more valuable and ed on her first attempt in 1928. I more enjoyable because of it.
also trained Miss Peggie Duncan, of South Africa, who got acrosa in
CHOOSE WISELY.
ENNIS elbow in a real and pain-
Tful malady that may keep you
1930,
Misa Ederle's Record.
"I always attempt the
Both these switamers just fall Channel, Mies Lowry did, but out of the game for weeks. Avold Miss Ederle, swimming from the it was not until I read of Mr. it by selecting a racket with a French side. handle that is not too thick, that
Wolffe's offer to train an English Miss Lowry is stronger and fast girl that I considered the matter nicely fits your grip without theer than either slightest strain.
of thoas two gal. seriously.
"Shall I pull it off? lant girls. She uses the crawl
I would stroke, without which it would be not like to prophesy. You see, I
Miss Ederle's record.
Watch the weight. Thirteen ounces quite enough
I empty stomach to to to an women playert, dush or most
1874
on a court immediately after a that the best men players seldom heavy meal. At least two hours chose rackets of more than should elapse, but the meal must ounces. have been a fairly substantial one. one's reserves very rapidly, and A Hard game of tennis burns up the fuel should not be allowed to Suppose tennis-gluttony to
10,-KNOW WHEN TO STOP.
moner than any other.
impossible to attempt to break don't know the Channel one of the
most tricky stretches of water in be gleaned from the fact that on Mr. Wolffe knows it like the back Some idea of her hardihood may the world for tidal vagaries. But
May 31 she swam for four hours of his own hand. And he tells me in water It 49 degrees at Clifton- I shall** ville, Margate. When she began |-- Cramp and Cold.
training with me, with er credit, Two factors no swimmer can ig-
first one arm and then the other above your head, breathing evenly run low. If I am due to play shave myself offended to this way, she weighed a little over ten stone. ing when estimating Channel swim prizes for swimming to her credit, nore have to be taken into reckou- 102-H. S. Squires (Surrey the while..
The first is cramp, As you lower the arms, lower match at two in the afternoon, I and even now I can recall that bor-She has put on nearly two stone, chances. your heels also. Do this a dozen usually have luncheon at noon, rible surfeited feeling when men and it is all sheer muscle,
which may attack any swimmer comprising, a, mutton chop, veget- tion of the game was anathema and a little higher than before, and you and a fresh fruit salad; no coffee. court. times a day, trying always to reachables (go easy with the potatoes), I loathed the sight of a tennis from the English alde, a more diff The second is fallure of circula Mr. Wolffe is planning the swim and is not easily checked in water.
cult feat than from the French [tion owing to low water tempera- will be rewarded with a pleasant
Going stale, as we politely call it, coast because of the tides, lightness around the equator, and SPURN COLD DRINKS.
Capture has only one cure-a complete rest tain Webb, using only a few breast an extra springiness in your stride.
Miss Lowry has never expert. WEN after the hottest game, and change of activity,
stroke, swam across from the Eng†enced cramp and appears to be im- To prevent that condition, never Hish side In 1876, the fret man to pervious to cold.. play for the sake of playing, and do so. No woman has ever dono put your racket away the moment it. you lose that sense of adventure and exhilaration which going on court should normally produce..
194*-Sutcliffe (Yorkshire v Hump 130-Lee (Derby v. Essex).
130A. T. Ratcliffe (Cambridge U.
v. Surrey).
110*Sutcliffe (North v. South), 227-Arnold (Hampshire v. Glamor
gun)
113-Arnold (Hampshire
V
All-I
India). 100-Arnold (Hampshire v. Derby).
.
104*—A. T. Ratcliffe (Cambridge U.)
v. Surrey),
| 112*—A] T. Ratcliffe (Cambridgë U. v.
All-India),
225 Tyldesley (E) Lancashire v. 120F. G. H. Chalk (Oxford U. v.
1
Surrey),
Worcester). 196 Tyldesley, E. (Lancashire v. 130"-Ames (Kent v. Middlesex).
All-India).
128K. S. Duleepsinh (South V.
North).
124 -Tyldesley (E.) (Lancashire v.
Oxford) 122-Tyldesley (E) (Lancashire. v.
(Yorkshire v. Sussex).
215--Sandham (Surrey v. Somerset). 201 Iddon (Lancashire v. Sussex). 200-Keston (Notts v. Cambridge U.). 118-Keeton (Notts v. Derby). 108-Keeton (Notis v. Derby), 199 -Leyland (Yorkshire. Middle-
sex).
177* Mitchell (Yorkshire v. Glouces-
ter). 176-Hearne (Middlesex v. Glamo
Exrex).
128K. B. Duleepsinhji (Sussex v.
Surrey).
8.-DON'T RATHE BEFORE
PLAY.
THAT
HAT is, if you want to be at
your best.
Swimming is a great exercise, but it has often
J
Ex for then they are the most
Hot weak te. is an dangerous. ideal thirst quencher,"
Lili de Alvarez is a pattern In this respect. On the warmest day after a hot match she will wave
Mr. -Wolfie- was throwing the medicine ball to Misa Lowry beside Miss Lowry is to make her at the waters of the Channel at Bir- tempt early this month, or at latchington when I left him. est in August.,...
"I've found the greatest woman Movements of a Dancer, swimmer in the world," he said, "Bunny," as everybody calls her, "and before this swimmer is out I
She has the physique of an Ama. Miss Ederle's record."*
116-K. 3. Duleepsinhji (Sussex v. 112-C. C. Case (Somerset v. North 13 for 76--Larwood (Notts v. Wor- VINCENT RICHARDS takes her training very seriously mean to recapture from America
Worcester).
111-K. S Duleepsinhji (Sasiex v.
Lancashire), 128-Langridge, J. (Sussex v.
Sgath Americans). 127"-Santall (Warwick v. Glamor-
gani.
125-C. K.
Naidu (All-India 7. Lancashire). 118 C. K Naidu (All-India v.
M.C.C.). 128 - Akers-Douglas Hampshire).
(Kent
·
cestor).
1
ats). 111-C C. Dacre (Gloucester v.11 for 117--Larwood (Notts v. Glou
Glamorgan.
cester). 109 -C. C. Dacre (Gloucester v. 10 for 88-Larwood (Notts w. Leice
Notts).
ter): Hizali (Somerset 111.-Mead (Hampshire v. Lanca-12.for 122-1
ahire).
Ener), 104-Mead (Hampshire v. Derby). 12 for 78 V; 1 Japp (Northants 109 -Nazir All (All-India v. Basex).
(Lancashire
(LaLeashire 1083)
น
100 N. H (Middlesex v. North-12 for 6880).
Yorkshire)
Worcester);
W. Hone (Oxford U. v. for 68Sibbles. Surrey).
111-Smith (Derby v. Essex). 1078mith (Derby v. Middlesex).
AND SHIELDS.
One Set-All in Rye Exhibition.
7.
VINES BEATS SHIELDS.
12 for. 148-Townsend : [Derby-v," Lán-i
Hole-in-one Gifts Stopped:
Golfers Are Too Clever
London, June 13.
This is not surprising when one Have you ever haled out in one reflects that most courses round and got"#"new hat for Ita London have about four short holes BYE, N, Y., June 8. | bottle of whisky, or a box of golf- offering bright chances to the 11 for B-Townsend (Derby Vincent Richards the No. Z rank-balla, or, a brooch, or a pull-over? reasonably expert player. Say, there
'cashire).
Bisex)
rgan). 143*--Hearne (Middlesex, v. Lan.
cashire).
128 —Hobbs (Burrey v. Somerset). 181 Hearne (Middlesex v. Kent).
[119"-Hobbs (Burrey v. Essex). 103Smith (Derby v. Hampshire). 126 -Hearne (Middlesex v. Hamp-
113 Hobbs (Surrey v. Essex). 110 —Sinfield (Gloucester. v. York- shire). 106-Hearne (Middlesex v. Derby). 122 Eastman (Essex v. Leicester).
11 for 189-D. G. Foster (Warwick ving American professional tennis Then you won't do it again. For are 200 courses In the Metropolitan shire). 176-Davies
Kent)... E, (Glamorgan
122-S. H. M. Colah (AB-India v. 110-Knox (South Americans v. Sas
11 for 100-Amar Singh All-India v.player, and Frank X. Shields, the the Golf Unions of England, Scot area: that is, 800 short: Roles, On Lancashire).
Cambridge U.).
youthful American Davis Cupper, land, Wales and Treland have put a an average 50 people go round each 108 ---Davies (E.)
Leicester).
(Glamorgan v. 121 Staples (1) (Notts v. Glouces 109-J. Lee (Somerset v. Essex).
107 Shepherd (Surrey v. Somerset). 11 for 74-Geary (Leicester v. North each won a set from each other in stop to it. They have persuaded twice a day. That means that the ter)."
106 -Gutmore (Essex v. Barrey), and ante),
a two-net exhibition tennis singles most of the firms that give presents 800 short holes are bombarded by 106-Davies D. (Glamorgan v. Hamp-120-Parks, H. (Sussex v. Surrey).
shire).
Wor*10 for 127-V W. C. Jupp (Northants match to-day at the Milton Point to players who hole out in one to 80,000 balls a day! 114Parks J. (Sussex v. Gloucester). 100-Iddon (Lancashire v
cester).
7 Kent) 171-Barling (Sarrey v. Oxford U.). 119. 3. Turnbull (Glamorgan .
Casino. Shields captured the first stop the practice. Gloucester). 122-Barling (Surrey v. Essex).
108EES. Wyatt (Warwick v, 10 for 109 Pops (Derby v Notts).
set at 6-2, and Richards took the An “Evening – Standard” 119-Kilner: (Warwick
Middlesex. Yorkshire);| keng ta 170-Storer (Middlesex v. Derby).
10 for 105-Bowes (Yorkshire
Gloucester)
necond at 7-5, (Somerset
sentative who has never holed out 168-F. R. Brown (Surrey v. Kent). 118-Bakewell (Northanta v. Somer-102 R A. Ingle
10 for 25-Voce Netta Leicester). Richards and Shields then paired in ane is shocked to learn that, 184 D. R. Jardine (Surrey v. WOTCEB-|-|
well (Northants v. Derby). 100 - Limbdi (All-India v. Minor 10 for 58-Vanity Workabin together lenose-set doubles as amonts, saveral seasons for the de tar),
101 123D
DR. Jazdine (Gentlemen v.115 Pope (Essex. Somerset).
118Shipston (Notts v. Hampshire). 107
#(8) (Notta yv, Players). 163-Y. W. C.
118-Brown (Hampshire v. Notta), Somerset).
118-Croom (Warwick v. Glamorgan), -Barber (Yorkshira v. Middlesex). 118-O'Connor (Essex v. Surrey)}), 102-Barber. (Yorkshire Middlesex). 112 O'Connor (Eniex v. Glamorgan).
162
Jupp (Northants. Y
162-Howley (Bussex v. Warwick). 104-O'Connor (Essex. Surrey).
115
R.
Macox (Cambridge, U-||
112-Nawab of Patandi (M.C.C. 112-D.. R.. Wilcox.
148 ---Bowley (Sunsex v. Surrey), 180 --- Cook (Sussex v. Warwick), 11-Cook (Bussex r. Cambridge U.), 189 Paynter (Lancashire v. Kent).
Paynter (Lacashire v. All-India), Paynter (Lancashirev. Tork
urhân (Cambridge 102.
183
152
158R. H. Human
Cambridge übridge U.
02 —D. R. Wilcox (Cambridge - V.
|| 116"----Walker
D. Leveson-Gower's XT) H 135 G. Crawley (Eater v. WAY
wiek).
168 -H W Marshall (South Ameri
cans.v. Oxford U.), The
108
$300
1520 Armstrong (Leicester v. North-
113%
204
Counties); -Butterworth (Lancashire
* * denotes, not out.
TEN WICKETS.
The following have taken Gen or rickets in a match this
(Kantov. War
V North
10 for 85 Idden.
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10 for 168B
(Yorkshire
Lancashire
taken in a
hibition and bowed to J. Gilbert cision, one is the alleged dishonesty Hall and Fritz Mercur, 6-4. ~ In in- of "rollers in faking thei "other" exhibitiön singles, - Kéreur
defeated E. MoKnight, 6-4, 6-07
The card recordin
In Ameries the rule of an ama-teas has to be daly teur not being allowed to play with thor
professiona
strict
Where such an incident would:
| to the instant suspension:
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forw
So, what with the card wangling by the dishonest golfers, and the genuine, successes of the honest the whisky, hat, etc." firms' have about complying.
of the golf unions,
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