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PETERSEN OFFERED FIGHT FOR WORLD TITLE IN AMERICA
PERRY TO BE SAVED 8 HOLES NEW YORK
AT ALL COSTS
L.T.A. MAY ALTER RULES
FOR AMATEURS!
FILMWORK MAY BE TOLERATED
London, October 26.
DETERMINED effort is to be made to save Fred J. Perry for British lawn tennis. · This is the real meaning of a concerted movement to vary the definition of an amateur so as to allow him a freedom and choice of activi- ties which are at present banned.
The offer of £20,000 that Perry has received during his re cent visit to the United States' to go over to professionalism and the possibility that he will accept have been very disturbing to the officials of the Lawn Tennis Association, because Perry has
IN 27
Brilliant Golf
Miss Gourlay Again
(By GEORGE GREENWOOD) Miss Molly Gourlay won the ("Golf Illustrated" Gold Vase, the premier scratch stroke play event in women's golf, al West Byfleet, yesterday.
Her two rounds were 73 and 76 respectively, the total of 149 being the lowest ever returned
YORK CONTEST AGAINST OLIN
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BACK TO MORE SUITED LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT FATHER CERTAIN OF CHAMPION
EMERGING VICTORIOUS
REGGIE MEEN MAY NOT FIGHT AGAIN
Manager's Pessimista. After
Motor Accident
Reggie Meen, former heavy. weight champion of Great Bri- tain. may not fight again. His. manager, Mr. J. Panter, stated recently that on account of the severe injuries Meen suffered in a motor accident when she was on his way to fight al Swansea last month, he was of the opinion that he would be
London, October 25. JACK Petersen, the British heavyweight cham-
pion, will probably go to America next spring unfit to box again. to fight for the light-heavyweight championship of the world.
Mr. Jimmy Johnston, match-maker of the Madison Square Garden, New York, has offered Petersen a fight for the light- Maxie Rosenbloom, world champion according to the New York heavyweight title against the winner of the contest between State Athletic Commission, and Ben Olin, world champion accord Rosenbloom and Olin ing to the National Boxing Association. meet at the Garden on November 16 (Olin won on points).
"It is now merely a question of terms,” said Mr. Petersen last |
CAUTIOUS
BATTING BY
ENGLISHMEN
BOMBSHELL IN HOCKEY MAN ALLEGED
TO HAVE PLAYED
IN WOMAN'S TEAM
Protest Against Champions
NEW-SKIRTS FURORE
Dublin, October 26. The amazing objection that [a women's hurling "(hockey) team [contained a man disguised as a wo- ma has been lodged by a rival team in the County Sligo League.
The protest which has been lodged by the Skreen club against the Curry club, who were award- ed the league championship, will be considered within the next week by the County Sligo
The discussion is expected to be
Interesting Figures In
Jack Hobbs' Book Women's Hurling Board.
drawn more money to the coffers of the L.T.A. than any other in the thirteen years' history of night. "Mr. Johnston has asked me what require, and I have told PONSFORD OVERCOMES DISLIKE1of a lively nature.
British player.
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FOR FAST BOWLING
the tournament. Miss Gourlay him. I want a match. I wanted it a year ago here in England, but
The "I AM NOT AFRAID TO TAKE JACK TO AMERICA, NOR WILL THE LT.A. AMEND THE OUT-OF-DATE RULE beat by two strokes the score of there was some difficulty in getting Rosenbloom over.
161 by Miss Phyllis Read (now)
JACK EDUCATIONAL THAT PERMITS MAN TO WRITE
DO I FEAR A RAW DEAL WHEN WE GET THERE. ARTICLES AND EDUCATIONAL BOOKS, AND YET PRO-Mrs. Kennedy) in 1928.
Miss Dorothy Pearson was second FEELS AS I DO THAT HE CAN TACKLE ANY MAN IN THE HIBITS HIM FROM TAKING PART IN EDUCATIONAL
with 152. On the first round she WORLD TO-DAY." FILMS?
fied with the leader, but without There are two classes of T.A. actually crashing frittered away a councillors-the diehard amateur stroke. here and one there until the and the councillor who thinks more second round score mounted to. 79.". enlightened amateur rules are re- quired. But both classes are fluenced by the financial side of
TENNIS RANKINGS
IN BRITAIN CAUSE
FEW SURPRISES
game.
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HARE INCLUDED FOR fessionalism a little revolution
FIRST TIME
BETTY NUTHALL'S DECLINE
London, Nov. 13.
the
As the women's bogey for the in-course is 76, Miss Gourlay lopped off shots in the first round and equalled it in the second. She has always been more at ease with the card- and-pencil-game, where there is no opponent stalking at your elbow, than with the rough and tumble of,
BRITISH TURF FIGURES
Gord Richards Holds Big Lead
Skirts Too Long
The Aughagower club con- !- tend that the Ballintubber team played in the county champion- ship with skirts that were too. long and they did not give a fair chance to the opposing team.
Another extraordinary objection. remarkable complete that the skirts worn by a women's statistics in the Jack Hobbs's team were too long has been raised "The Fight for the Ashes, 1934." by a hurling club in County Mayo. just published, would seem to suggest that the dash is going No British boxer has held the out of English cricket. light-heavyweight championship It is significant that while Brad- of the world since the great. Bob man scored five centuries at the Fitzsimmons was knocked out in rate of a run a minute, or faster, 1905. It was held for years by Chipperfield two, and Darling one. Georges Carpentier, who became the most popular and colourfully one bataman made runs at any The county secretary informed thing like this pace and he was me,, writes a Home correspondent, boxer Europe has ever produced w. E. Harbord, playing for the that the regulation for worgen's Petersen seems now destined to
hurling teams was to wear skirts Minor Counties. follow in the footsteps of the An even stranger fact is revealed one-lach below the knee, but the Frenchman, whom he so strongly by the official Australian scorer, Aughagower club alleged that their resembles physically facially,
opponents' skirts were much longer."
and in the manner of his whirl. Mr. W. Ferguson. wind victories.
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It had been generally assumed
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Should Perry go over to pro-
would occur in the official lawn' Lennis world. Without Perry Britain would live match play. the Davis Cup-probably to the: After 10 holes had been played I
Petersen's father has worked that Ponsford was the worst of the WOMAN PLAYER United States. In 1936, if the saw little or no prospect of a score
AGA KHAN HEADS OWNERS skilfully for this match. America Australian batsmen at playing fast United States held the cup, hations which in the end equalled the re-
has sought him for two years, but bowling, and that McCabe and PROTESTS AGAINST such as Australia, Japan, and In-cord of 73 standing to the name of
BY LARGE MARGIN · For these ten holes
Mr. Petersen has been content to Brown were the best. The rankings of British mendia, and probably some leading Mrs. Peel.
Mr. Ferguson's analysis shows in Miss Gourlay, took 46 strokes, a per- and women tennis players were European nations, would play
Gordon Richards held a lead offawait the right moment. He re- issued today by the Lawn Tennis the American zone, and this natur-formance scarcely worthy of her
63 wins over, Fred Fox, a former fused to test his son too highly, and that Brown scored 173 runs against
England's fast attack for an averSpectators Called To in securing this match he has ac- Association, which gave the first ily would affect the entry at Win-abilities.
Six Birdies And An Eagle champion jockey, in the champion-i
age of 26, McCabe. averaged 42, six in each group as follows:-ledon, for the best players would |
Bradman (also criticised) 80 and Ponsford (dismissed by the fast Men.-F. J. Perry, H, W. Austin, be in the United States and unable Suddenly there was a complete ship race on October 22. The fol-complished a clever stroke.
lughes, N. Sharpe, C. E. Hare, E. to afford the expense to come to transution. She did the remaining lowing are the season's statistics to
That Petersen will win the title bowlers only three times) 95,.. I have not the slightest doubt. The world has been poor in mẹn of quality at this weight.
R. Avory.
Women-Miss Dorothy Round, Mlay Margaret Scriven, Mina K, Slammere, Mr. M. R. King (nee Phyllis Mud- ford), Miss Freda James,, Miss Nancy! Lyle
Figland just to play at Wimbledon. eight holes in twenty-seven strokes that date:
Imagine the effect on the Wimbledon gate without the cream of lawn tennis players! Compromie Likely
The first two placings in both I understand that a compromise lists remain the same as last year. is likely between the two classes of
-five under 4's. The figures 2, 3,
1
WINNING OWNERS
5, 4, 3, 4, 2, 4, included six "birdies": and one "eagle"-a 3 at the long fifteenth where she was home in H. H. Aga Khan two beautiful shots-and-holed-a Lord-Glanely
|H, H. Mah of Bajpipla
Mr. M. Benson useful patt.
This brilliant stretch began at Lord Derby Stanley N. It is notable that Hare, who is councillors, writes
firat Doust. It is that the amateur rule the short eleventh, where a long Sir Charles Hyde unly 18, is ranked for the
will be altered so as to bring edu-puit rattled into the hole for a 2.Sir Richard Brooke time.
Lord Aster cational films into line with writ-Then came a 3 at the twelfth, where Mr. W. Woodward ing books and educational articles a drove and a No. 4 iron shot Lord Ducham straight at the pin left her little or Mr. M. Field on. the game.
Mr. J. B. Joel If that is agreed then Perry will nothing to do. The bad hole was Mr. T. Lant
Misa
Sir George Bullough be able to go to Hollywood after the short thirteenth, where
Sir Abe Bailey the Australian tour, receive $15,000
Mr. E. Thornton-Smith, TRAINERS
å notable absentee is Miss Betty Nuthall, who has dropped from third to seventh, while Kiss James rises from twelfth to fifth position.
Hare, the newcomer, hails from for a series of films, return to Eng- Birmingham. He is a left-handed land, and represent Britain in in- player with strokes of great accur-ternational matches. ney and a pleasing rhythm. He
won the National Junior cham-
pionship not long ago.
MISS DEARMAN'S TRIUMPH
Dorothy Round Beaten In Exhibition Game
Wellington, N.Z, Nov. 12.
Continued on Page 6).
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CORBETT TURNS FEATHER
SHANGHAI WIN who recently fought a draw with Jarvis
RIFLE SHOOT
11-Point Win Over Singapore
Shanghai won the Triangulor In- terport Rifle Shoot laat week, when,
M. Marsh 3. Lawson we Dick Corbett, of Bethnal Green, Frank Butters.. Johnny King in Manchester after Capt. C. Boyd-Rochfort
F. Darling falling to make the bantam weight, M. D. Pencock has definitely decided to leave the Capt, T. Hogt class and fight in future as a 0. M. D. Bell
IC. Leader BES feather-weight.
F.-Templeman R. L. Cottrill. R. J. Calling F. Hartigan
14 DAYS SUSPENSION
firing under. perfect conditions, J. Sowerby, of Ipswich Town, their team chalked up 965 points who was sent off the field in the
Petersen Should Win
Races Value Won
40. 60,936 Six years ago Rosenbloom came 15,127 to London and was knocked out by 13,469
Tommy Milligan, then British mid- 11,284 dleweight champion, and it is a tri-
18
2
26
12
2..
4
42,155
9,711 bute to his rather intricate defen- 9,166 sive methods that that is the only
NEPIA MAY TOUR WITH ALL BLACKS
TENNIS UMPIRE
Take Lines
| MRS. PITTMAN: EVENTUALLY
BEATS MRS. PETERS AT QUEEN'S
Protests against an umpire's de elslons were made by Mrs, J. B Pittman in her Third Round wo
C. Peters in the British Covered Courts lawn tennis championships
Headquarters Again At men's singles match against Mrs. E.
Newton Abbott
at Queen's Club last month.::
Mra. Pittman, during the first
·བ་ 8,496
knock-out he has suffered. His The New Zealand Rugby Union 11. 8,41A
8,405 other defeats were on points. have written to Newton Abbott, set, sent a ball boy to the referea official 58,179 Americans will take the dashing Devon, accepting the invitation to requesting that a new 78,184 Petersen to their hearts. He will make their headquarters there next should take charge of the match. intimated, she 18 8,126
52.619 capture their imagination as Rure- year. This is the third successive Otherwise, she
7,429 ly as Carpenter did, and the effect time the All Blacks have chosen would refuse to continue the
match. 7,120 of his success, if he wins, upon Newton Abbott.
boxing in this country should be ene of inspiration.
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10 25,873 31 22,855 71 83,823
35
21,292
29
Suited To Weight
Mr. Stanley S. Dean, manager of The referee came to the court, the All Blacks in 1924, has written and after Mrs. Pittman had lost to the chairman of the focal recep- the first set and won the first game tion committee, stating that George of the recond she again appealed There need be no fear about his Nepla, the famous, full back of the to the referee. ** 21,112 ability to make the weight, 12st last touring team, is still playing. The match was held up while the 45 19,449 7lb. Though Petersen, does not and is keen to make the trip. If referee obtained the services of a to act as linesmen. The game was thến re- [sumed and Mrs. Pittman won the second and third, geta for the match:
76 19,122 now compete in this country as a Nepla travels he will be the sole number of spectators
17 14,938
∙17 14.852
31 13,990
24-12,187
(Continued on Page ̄`5);
29 12,000 MORE SOCCER
11,993 11,438 (Continued on Page 8),
out of a possible 1,050, as compar FA Cup-tle between Ipswich and LO ZINGARO SOLD
for 14 days.
The defeat of Miss Dorothyed with Singapore's 945 and Hong Norwich Y.M.C.A., was suspender Round, the Wimbledon champion, by Kong's.888. Miss Dearman in straight sets was the only of the exhibition matches played to-day by the British team proceeding to Australia,
Mieg Dearman, showed great! generalship, and won by 6-3, 6-4.
TO AUSTRALIAN
Record Price For,
Bradman's Happy Reunion 3-Year-Old
Mr. Sol Green, a prominent Aus;| London; October 26, Don Brad Jessie Menzies were at the same man, the Australian batsman, had school in Bowral, New South tralian owner, has purchased Mr.
colt. To Zingaro (win his first outing yesterday from the Wales: Later she became a typist, J. A. Dewar's c Park-lane nursing home at which put retained her interest in cricket ner of the Exeter Stakes and INTER-CITY LEAGUE
he underwent an operation for ap-and Bradman. She accompanied Prince of Wales's Stakes last year) pendicitis a month ago,
A. A. Mailey's team, which includ for Austral Sunday, April 14 has been fixed "Bradman is now convalescent, ed her husband, to
for the date for the Dewar Cup and will be able meet Mrs. U.S.A. in 1982 match between the London League Bradman on her arrival in London Don and Mre and the Paris League, in Paris, Of to-n
the 15 matches played so far
London – League have won
and lost five, three having drawn, London won last when 25,000 people saw
left the liner spend a
and a com- here before
ago South
and girl followed
Canada
Bradman
ether
COMPLAINTS
survivor of the 1924 team.
ANOTHER ENFIELD WINS
The racehorse Enfield has won the Johannesburg Spring Handi-
Foreign Teams May Not ay This South African 18 an
Be Encouraged
F.A. SUSPENSION IN VIEW
London, Nov. 16,
the international
tch won here lust by England from Italian team by 3 anis were British
the
Foot
aged horse and no relation to En-
·BACK FOR CHARLTON
Charlton Athletic have, signeď H.
field who won the Cesarewitch at Topping, left-back, from the Mid- Newmarket.
landa He is 20 years of age.
Helen Jacobs Denies That
Maskell Will Coach Her
Quebec Helen H. Jacobs, Unit Miss Jacobs denied she was going
ed States women's tennis champion, to England especially to take les- la now in England commencing her sons from Daniel Maskell, profes
sional coach of the English Davis, 10 months tour which take her Cup team.
Egypt, South Arylcam Asked
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would
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