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THE CHINA MAIL.
CORNWALL LOSE IN RUGBY DEBUT AT VALLEY
Fred Perry World's
Tennis No
Incident In Final Of Australian Tourney
ENCOUNTER HELD UP
In the final of the Australian lawn tennis championship at Syd- ney on January 27 F. J. Perry (England) beat J. H. Crawford (Aug tralia) 6-3, 7-5, 6-1: This is what Bruce Harris had to say 'regard ing the match on the same day: Thus has Perry
to-day cated his claim to be the number one player of the world, based on
records for the last 12 months.
י.
He has added the Australian title to the American one: has de feated Crawford, the Wimbledon champion once in New York and twice in his own country; and has played the leading part in wing ning the Davis Cup for Great Britain. A truly wonderful
run of successes. In doubles he and G. P. Hughes hold the French and Australian championships.
When, after the American cham- Crawford rallied in the second [pionships, I ventred to rank Perry set and a grand baseline duel followed. Perry, however, with.
Champion Mermaid
VATERRASTORN
Anne Gorodnik While the North shivers in sub-zerz temperatures, down, in Florida America's leading mermaida are vieing for supremacy in the annual Olympic Stars Aquatic Meet at Coral Gables. Here is pretty Anne Govodnik, of Chisholm. Blinte holder of the 50-yard breast stroke record, as she tuned up for her
· eveni,
on the world's No. 1 player, I was good length drives to the corners, taken severely to task by Austra-forced the Australian into errors lian Press critics, jealous
for and captured the set at 7-5 to THE AMERICA'S CUP. Crawford's pre-eminence. I do not become two sets up. The Austra-
very
far
H.
appear to have been wrong.
"Good work." exclaimed Mr. Roper Barrett, Perry's Davis Cup captain, when I rang him up with the news to-day. "May it be the prelude to a good season here at home."
flian's service again was weak, and
a double fault by him helped Perry Economy In Fitting Out
to win the final game of the set.
In the third set Perry at.... tacked mainly by stinging fore- hand drives. He followed them
able to bring of a “kill,” up to the net and was usually Perry's anticipation of his op ponent's shots was faultless, and the set for the loss of only one he continued the onslaught to win
Perry's victory was achieved de- spite the fact that yesterday he game. had played ten sets 48 against three by Crawford-5 programme TILDEN AND VINES congestion which deserved criti- cism. Evidently his stamina was not affected; but it is well that the match was a short one.
An "Evening Standard" cable from Sydney describes an outbreak of "barracking" near the end of the third set and of the match, when Perry was leading 5-1 but
THIRD ENGLISHMAN TO WIN TITLE
Perry is the third Englishman to win the Australian champion.
zhip since the war, the others be- Ing A. R. F. Kingscote (1820) and J. C. Gregory (1929), Craw- ford held it in 1991-2-3. in pre. war years J. C. Parke and F. G. (now Sir Gardon) Lowe held It for Great Britain.
FOR CHINA
On A Money-Making
World Tour..
JAPAN MAKES BIG OFFER
Defender
VANDERBILT LIKELY SKIPPER
BEATEN AT FORWARD
BY CLUB "A"
NEAME IMPRESSES AT FLY HALF
WALKDEN SCORES TWO TRIES
(BY OUTSIDE LEFT).
Playing under very poor conditions, the Club "A" fifteen-de- feated H.MS, Cornwall yesterday on the Club ground by a goal, penalty goal" and three tried” (17 points) to all in their friendly
rugby encounter.
.:
Considering this was the Cornwall's Initial game since ship left England, the team did well to hold the Club in the first half, the Civilians scoring but once, through Peers,
The Club had much the heavier pack, and, although they were well held in the tight serummagës in the opening half, they were easily the better of the two in the second half when they pushed the Cornwall pack of the ball time and again.
Undoubtedly the outstanding feature of the game was the very good handling of the ball by the Club backs although several wild passes were 'Mevitable,”
SEVEN-A-SIDE RUGBY
Entries Limited By Naval Departures.
KOWLOON LIKELY TO ENTER
Lt. Comdr. Neame, at stand-off half, played an outstanding gamo for the losers, his 'defencó being particularly good.
The Cornwall three quarter line did not get much of the hall and when they did, they performed very well considering the slippery, con- ditions.
Walkden, Peers, and Noble were the pick of the Club team, while Turner was good behind the scrum.
Every economy possible will be THE absence from port of the for the America's Cup against Mr. the entries for the annual Seven-Awas made for fitting out the new defender majority of H.M. ships will limit
caught in possession on practi- Meeke was well held in check by Lt. Webster, and in the first half
Peers Opens Scoring
T. O. M. Sopwith's challenger. A Side Rugby Tournament held under cally every occasion. the mainsails and booms of the the auspices of the Rugby Section evidence of economy, it is said that Enterprise will be recut and re-fit of the Hong Kong Football Club. ted to the new boat.
Four syndicates were formed for an unqualified success,
Last year the tournament proved After a period of loose play, the defence of the Cup in 1930, and than seventeen teams competing, gained fifty yards before passing по Jess Noble picked up in his own' 25 and Mach spent round about $1,000,000, the Club "A" defeating the Bor out to PEERS, who touched down but only one seems likely to be derers "A" by three goals and ́a formed this year. Mr. J. P. Mor-try (18 points) to nil in the Final. add the major points,
between the posts, only to fail to
27.
gan and Mr. H. S. Vanderbilt's Unfortunately the Medway brother, Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt, are the main contributors, and the boat
and Submarines, the Eagle, bilt who skippered the Enterprise will be salled by Mr. H, S. Vander-
Kent Suffolk, and a few of the Destroyers will be away from to four victories over the late Bir
port, this resulting in the loss London, Feb. 22, W. T. Tilden and Ellsworth
Thomas Lipton's Shamrock V.
of a number of terms. Vines are to make a tour of the 1930-Yankee and Weetamoe have probably be fielding a team, while Two of the four defenders of tournament since its inception, will Kowloon, who have played in the Orient and play matches in Japan, been altered to conform with the H.M.S. Cornwall, whch has just ar-weight in the pack began to tell In the second half the Club's China, and possibly the Phillp-new Cup regulations, but it is ex-rived in the Colony, will also be and the forwards were having more pines. Japanese authorities are pected that the yacht now being represented. The Borderers the of the ball, Walkden, Harbord, keen on giving their players built for the Morgan-Vanderblit Lincolns, the Artillery, and the Cherrill and Hislop being to the chance of meeting the world's best syndicate at the Herreshoff yards Bank are other probable entrants, fore in a series of good dribbles. and they have offered £1,600 in at Bristol, RI, will be the boat while other ships in port at pre- WALKDEN crossed over for the addition to traveling and Ilving selected for the defence of the Cup. sent include the Berwick, Cumber Club when he neatly took the ball
expenses.
Vines and Tilden have been booked up for the whole of 1984: and their travelling will carry them a total of nearly 60,000 miles. They are due to sail on April 15
was behind at 30-40 on his ser- for Europe, and will play in Ger- vice. The crowd enthusiastically-thany, France, Belgium Czecho applauded Crawford, who seemed slovakia, Italy, Júgoslavia,
to need encouragement.
Nor-
way, and Sweden, returning to "How do you like that, Perry" America on May 25, for four months of steady competition.
someone shouted.
GOOD FOR BOOKIES.
Starting-Price Betting Crush,
AUSTRALIAN INNOVATION
land, and small ships, all of whom from a long throw by Noble in a are capable of entering a team.
China Mail Sports Diary
Hockey-
lineout to break through the Corn- wall's defence and score under the www.posts. Like Peers he failed to majorise from the easiest position. Club Forwards Dangerous. Soon after the resumption the Club forwards were once again dangerous, but were held up by off- side play on the part of the defen- ders, and PEERS increased the Club's score with a penalty goal,
TO-DAY Radio Sports v. St. Andrew's Sydney, Jan. 17. Remarkable scenes were witness-Lawn Tennis Open Singles-
(6,15 p.m.) Y.M.C.A. v. Central British G. R. M. Ricketts v. Iu Tak-cbeuk Open Doobles
The Englishman turned and said They will sail for Japan during something to the crowd, and indivi- the first week of October-Reutered in Adelaide, recently when off- duals said a few things in return. Perry, hands on hips, cried: "What's this? Tennis or cricket?" The words were a signat for more, banter from the spectators and the game was held up while the umpire loudly requested order,
The match proceeded without more trouble. The incident seem-
ed to upset Crawford more than Perry, for he netted three shots in a row, and the end had arrived. After the match Perry had a sport. Ing round of applause.
NORTHAMPTON IN. DRAWN GAME.
+
Bristol Rovers Share Two Goals.
London, To-day,
the-course betting was permitted in the basement of Tattersall's Cham- ber, adjoining Tattersall's Club; ***,
The accommodation "was, “İnade- quate for the thousands who sought admission; Many who managed to get into the basement could not reach one of the 20 bookmakers who were operating.
Throughout the day the room contained a mass of struggling people, though the atmbaphere was so oppressive that few re- misined there long, ----
The shade temperature was 98, and the, conditions in the building. were almost unendurable. A long
1.
G. E. Hillard and C. B. Pile v. Capt. PS. Cannon and H. Owen Hughes A. L. Sullivan and W. A. H. Daff v. Tam Yoc-fong and Ng Kam-chuen
TO-MORROW
Hockey-
The Club were now having most of the play and Neame and his backs had their work cut out to stop the many dan-
gerous Club three-quarter movements,
Eventually, from & acrum down
Deck "ILK. Hockey Club"A". Eleet Lower in the Cornwall's '25 TURNER took Banga
the ball from Meekend cut away (5 p.m.) on the, “blind side" to score be- Lawn Tennis-Open Bingles
Capt. P. Cannon v. Ng Ram-chnen vert the effort.
tween the posts for PEERS to con Open Doubles
Iu Tak-cheak and W. C., Hang v
Chiu Chun-chiu and Lee U-winged up well in his own half to make Just before no-side Turner pick-
SATURDAY
Cricket First Division
Royal Navy. Indian R.C. (F) Second Division
Crairangower v Police (F) Hong Kong C.C., Navy (F)
The Reuter description of the matches, states that Crawford was below his best. He served badly and frequently netted his back- hand drives. Perry showed great
before the first race was run: (As]--- queue formed in the street an hourvesamine Division form throughout the match.
Northampton Town are now al-there were no raceg in South Aus- won the first two acts mainly from most certain to avoid relegation na tralia, the betting, was on, the the back of the court, and the third against Bristol Rovers in the Third
the result of their away draw Epsom meeting, the Melbourne,
He
by volleying on top of good-length Division: (South) soccer league {drives,
yesterday, Reuter,
DOG RACING FAILS
The weather was overcant all the morning, but 8000 people turned:
TABLE TO DATES AVENS up to see the eagerly awaited duel.
Gosia PWLD FA Plug Light rain fell early on and the Norwich 20 19 56.67 21 44 court was covered. Even so the Coventry 20 Queen's F. B. 20. grass was slippery, and Perry Bristol B. played in spiked, shoes,
Card Reading? Perry, who took first service, at Bristol R.
lee Chariton once got into his strids and won the first three gamas, off the rael. Luton Exeter Crawford made many errors and
dropped four parvic
faults,, He wan
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V. Recreio Police v Club
Third Division
Recralo v University South Chian
Radio Sports v Borderers Royal Engineers v. RA.M.C,
considerable ground before kicking, ahead. WALKDEN was backing jup well and touched down as Plum- Jay tackled bim. Peers failed to majorite the effort,
Lt. Comdr. Denby, RN. referood and liked up the followings— ret
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