THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY - AUGEST 19, 1935
Sporting Page
CHINA SENDING 50 ATHLETES TO 1936 BERLIN
JACK MEDICA
SETS NEW WORLD
AQUATIC MARK!
Americans Overhaul
Japanese
KOIKE ESTABLISHES NEW
JAPANESE RECORD
Tokyo. To day.
Jack Medica's
record-break-
ing effort in the 400
Metres! accom-
plished in 4 mins. 52-1/5 secs, provided the highlight of the
BILL JOHNSTON HAS
U.S. TENNIS HOPE
EX-CHAMPION PREDICTS WIN IN 1937
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“HELEN WILLS FOR DOUBLE”
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San Francisco, July 13.
Fee Style, which he WILLIAM (Little Bill) Johnston, mighty mite of tennis in the days when the United second night's swimming con- States ruled supreme in Davis Cup play, peered test between the all-Japan team into the future and saw hopeful signs for Uncle night, during which the Ameri-Sam in the matter of international competition.
decreased the arrears At the same time, the peering told Johnston that Helen from 14 points to 7 to 22-20 be- Wils Moody will make it a double over Helen Jacobs if and Come a record crowd at the fwhen the two stars match shots in the A rican championships meds Metti Shrine pool.
at Forest Hills, N. Y.
ard the American visitors last
Cas
Hiroshi Negami and Shozu
"We'll win back the Davis Cup and young Don Budge will Makino, who were placed in the be the motivating force in the big drive," predicted the wiry the little man who teamed up with Big Bill Tilden 15 years ago to 400 Metres, have both held world's record for this distance. break Australia's grip on the "tennis world. the former shattering Makino's
time during the preliminary trials.
“If we don't win this year]
a fortnight ago. This record has we should by 1937. at least." yet to be ratified by the Interna-i tional Board, at Budapest.
declared Johnston "Our pre- chance. The 400 Metres relay was won sent team has a fair by the American team, Chrotow-despite the presence of Fred ski, Art Lindegrad. Wolfe and Perry in the English line-up. Peter Fick in 3 minutes. 53 4-5
secs.
England of course, is the unde-
Perry is the The meet will be decided to-dayniable favourite: when the 800 Metres Free style. the 100 Metres Free Style, the 200reatest player in the world to
ter.
WIGHTMAN CUP
AMERICA RETAINS
TROPHY
in
ODD MATCH SUCCESS
New York. To-day. America yesterday retained the Metres Backstroke and the 800 day. He should win two singles Wightman Cup by a 4 to 3 margia, Metres Relay will be held-Reu-matches. But Budge should re- thus recording her fifth win
peat his Wimbledon triumph over succession and her ninth success The best event will undoubtedly Bunny Austin and either Sidney in the series of 13 encounters:
might
by Reuter. Wood or Wilmer Allison
Scores, as cabled be the 800 Metres Free Style in
were:
Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan (US-) which Shozu Makino, of Japan, the beat Austin That would leave it present record holder, will be pit-up to the doubles match and there
and is always the possibility our team beat Mrs. Phyllis Mudford King 6-0,!- ted against Ralph Flanagan
finest might produce a flawless game or 6- the Jack Medica, two of swimmers America have produced catch the opposing combination
and on an off day."
since Johnny Weissmuller
Buster Crabbe.
NOTE BY CRAWL"
The official time for the 400
Greatest Tennis Feat
The Wimbledon comeback of Metres world record is given in Whitaker's Almanack as 4 minutes Mrs. Moody ranks as the greatest 46. 1-5 seconds by Shozu Makino. feat in. tennis history, in the of Japan, and the time for the new opinion of “Little Bill”
"They thought Tilden and I had record is either-a-mistake by Reu-
Miss Helen Jacobs (U.S.) beat Miss Dorothy Round 6-3, 6-2
Mrs. Burkhardt Arnold (U.S.) beat) Miss Katherine Stammers. 6–2 1–6, 63.
Another Californian, Alice Marble. is bound for Forest Hills to make it certain that the Golden State acquires this year's wo- men's national singles champion ship. After being out of all ́com- petitions for a year, like Helen Wills Moody, due to illness, she expects to stage as big a comeback as Mrs. Moody and give both the Helens a tussle far too hon-UTS.
NOEL HAMMOND IN (MIXED DOUBLES
LIMELIGHT
100 YARDS SWIM IN 57 SECONDS
REPEATS SUCCESS IN 50 YARDS DASH
OLYMPIAD
NATIONAL MOVE TO POPULARISE SPORT
PUBLIC ENTHUSIASM GETS FIRST MOVE NEW $1,000,000 STADIUM BUILT
Shanghai.
the role of a sleeping
WEARY of playing of International sports,
giant
China will make its first serious bid for world athletic recognition at the Olympic Games of 1936. Fifty athletes, selected on the basis of elimination trials, will go to Berlin.
These little representatives of new China will have no illus jons about running up a smashing total of points China got a foretaste of Olympic competition in 1932 when its lone re- presentative at the Los Angeles games failed to qualify.
"We may not capture a single point in the 1936 Olympics.” said Dr. C. T. Wang, Yale-educated president of the China. Na- tional Amateur Athletic Federation, "but by sending a team to Ferlin we will be taking the biggest step yet attempted to ward the popularisation of sports in China A wave of public enthusiasm has swept the country since it was announced that China would be an Olympic contender."
Dr. Wang who has been closely identified with the de-
SUPPORTER
velopment of western-style KHO FIRM sports in China since they were introduced about 30 years-ago,| believes that China. with population of 400,000,000 to draw upon, will eventually take her place among the world lead-
a
"But we have a long and hard road ahead of us," Dr. Wang con-
LEAGUE COMES TOers in athletics
A CONCLUSION
U.S.R.C. AND C.R.C. IN LAST CLASH
TO-DAY'S INTERESTING ENCOUNTER
100,000 Crowd
OF AMERICA
1
Should Win Davis Cup Next Year
BRIDGE LOOKS BEST
way back to
tinued. "We cannot expect to pro- duce outstanding teams in the first generation. Good athletes must- Kho Sin-kie, the Chinese Davis be cultivated from childhood up. Cup player, arrived in Hong Kong Our hope of supremacy in interns-Sesterday on his tional sport will be pinned to the Saigon.
of Kho is of the opinion that the children of our present crop
throwers and present crop of youthful Ameri- runners, javelin Shanghai. August 15.
can stars may lift the Davis Cùn swimmers"
vear. hands next The outstanding feature in the
from British The Mixed Doubles League for
Donald Budge. The quartette of Miss Nancy Lyle and Miss Evelyn heats of the fourth annual inter-
Gene Mako. Bitsy Grant and Dearman (Britain) beat Miss Carolin national swimming meeting held the Dunlop Shield which has al- by the Chinese Babcock and Mrs. Dorothy Andrus
at the Foreign YM.C.A. pool last ready been won night, was the performance of Recreation Club, will come to a A crowd of nearly 100,000 the Frankie Parker will have added 3-6, 6-4, 6—1.
(GL.Noel
Hammond (Gt. Britain). conclusion this afternoon at largest ever to witness a sporting season's useful experience
the local re King's Park when the former event in China-is expected to jam their play and from them a win-
may magnificent chewining team
be produced. holders, the United Services Re-Shanghai's
says that out of
Дод Budge meet, on October 10, when the pick four,
best, Miss H Hancock will make her of the nation's. athletes will fight about the
Grant was
mechanical in for places in the Olympic team. partnership with H. D. Tolliston,
Sixty outstanding contenders in his strokes and Mako, though of the evening was when be second League appearance equalled his unofficial record of while the Chinese will be repre- for the team, selected for their brilliant, was rather erratic. He seated by Ho Ka-lau and Mrs excellent marks in sectional meets, had not played with Frankie Litton, Lee Wai-ton and Mrs. Lo have been undergoing rigid train Parker, who, due
EARLIER RESULTS Miss Katherine Stammers Britain) beat Miss Helen Hull Jacobs who improved on ((US) 5-7 BDT?
ter's correspondent or a telegraphicjaccomplished something when we Miss Dorothy Round (Gt. Britain) cord for the 100 Yards Free Stycreation Club, entertain the new stadium for the national athletic He
error and should read, 4 minutes both won two singles matches
42 2-5 seconds!
Yesterday's results were:-
100 Meire Free Style -
1.
Jack Medica (US)
2 Hiroshi Negami (Japan),
Shozu Makino (Japan)
Time: 4 mins. 52 1-5 secs.
100 Metres Breast Stroke
1. Riezo Koike (Japan) -
2 John Kalsey (U.S.)
7. Tethuo Hamuro (Japan).
Time: 733-4 secs-
(Jananese record),
100 Metres Backstroke
1. Drysdale (US)
2 Branch (US)
3 Kawatsu (Japan)
Time: 70 1-5 secs..
400 Metres Relay
1. America Carotowski,
grad, Wolfe and Fick
--
the distance in 57 fat. beat Mrs. Arnold Round (US) 6-0, by a fifth of a second covering His second best performance Miss Helen Jacobs and Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan (DS) beat Miss Katherine Stammers and Miss Freda James (Gt. Britain) 6-3, 6-2.
from the Australians in 1920, but 63 Mrs Moody's return to the top is in a class by itself. She may not be as fine a player as she was a few years ago, but she is moulded from championship timber.
Physical Advantage
AMERICA'S NINTH WIN `-
25 seconds for the 50 Yards Free
champions. E
tood
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the looked that
The Wightman Cup, put up for Style, which is much better than competition in 1923 by Mrs. the official Shanghai time. George W. Wightman, of Brook-Britton, the American schoolboy Tung-fan and Tsui Wai-ui and|ing during the past summer at work, was not included in the
1m, Mass., is open to the world, covered the same
I believe she will beat Miss but so far Great Britain and 25 1-5 seconds.
Jacobs if they meet in the Ameri-America have monopolised posses-!
can finals. because she should sion of the Cup. have a decided mental advantage.
The following have been the re- as well as being at least equal sults to date: physically."
1923 (Forest Hills) America 7--0
Britain Johnston, aged 40, a San Fran- 1924 (Wimbledon)
(Forest Hills) Britain Lindeciso business man now, express-1925
Led belief Budge would become the 1926 (Wimbledon) America. 1927 (Forest Hilla) America
Britain loutstanding player in tennis in a 1928 (Wimbledon)
because 1929 (Forest Hills) America.
Britam 200 Metres Breast. Stroke-1. Reizo not far distant future
a1930 (Wimbledon)
Time: 3 mins, 53 4-5 secs.
EARLIER RESULTS
Kolker Tesano Hamuro; 3. John "he has everything to make Higgins. Time: 2 mins. 2.2" secs. great player."--Associated Press
200 Metres Free Style-1. Masanori Yusa; 2. John Macionia; 3. Art Linde grad. Time: 2 mins, 132 secs..
Free Style 1 1.500 Metres. Tadashi Ishiharada; 2. Shozo Makino; 3. Hiroshi.. Time 19 mins. 12 secs.
300 Metres Medley Belay-Won by Americans (Parus. Taylor Drysdale, Jack Kasley and Peter Fick). Time:
secs. (New Japanesej amins, 20.2 record).
CHINESE WIN AT BASEBALL
Japanese Trounced At Caroline Hill
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"BASA'S RINK CARRY OFF CRAIGENGOWER TITLE
R. Basa's rink (J. A. Soares, Dr. F. S. Fernando and 1. S. Lan-
1931 (Forest Hills) America 5-2
·America 43 1932 (Wimbledony
distance
PERRY FAVOURS MISS JACOBS Would have Beaten Mrs. Moody
T.
in
Mrs: Chia Tsun-chin
Yew York. Aug. 13. Frederick Perry, world's great- 1933 (Forest Hill) America 43est singles tennis player, arrived
America 1934 (Wimbledon) 1935 (Forest Hills) Americx
-LADY, HOCKEY PLAYERS BACK FROM HOLIDAY
in New York today from Eng- land and predicted that Helen Jacobs of California would defeat Helen Willis Moody in the. Forest national championship Hills tournament
The faster court at Forest Hills Miss B Helbling, the Hong
He reiterated that he does dolt) beat U. M. Omar's four (G. Kong Ladies hockey player, and will favour. Miss Jacobs, Perry Duncan, A. F. Paul and M. A. R. Miss V. F. Blackburn, another said. Souza) by 26 shots to 16 in the member of the same Club, arriv-not intend to tum professional, Final of the Craigengower Cric-fed back in the Colony to-day by United Press.
Helen Wills Moody, for TOLLY
Courts. ket Club's Rink Championship the ss. President Lincoln, fol-
llowing a short holiday in Japan. years "Queen of the yesterday,
staged a magnificent comeback) at Wimbledon to defeat Miss Jacobs She, however, stated last Saturday that she will not be playing at Forest Hills.
The Chinese book the lead in American Professionals
the local baseball league yester- day when they beat the Japanese nine by an 18 to 8 margin" at Caroline Hill before a crowd of 3.000.
The game was featured home runs by Matty Chang Chung, Kay, and W. Ching
the Chinese squa
LEAGUE STANDIN
Praise Miss Wethered
Detroit (Michigan), July 24. Walter Hagen has
Miss Wethered's golf: she
13 Colf she
zny womar
enlogistic.
"She is one of the very few players I have seen who has a perfectly-grooved, swing: never changes from the swing, when she has a close or bad lie
DULWICH AMATEUR SIGNS FOR THE SPURS
to his college
Cup team, but
Tsingtao, the North China seaside American Davis The following is in-day and the resort. They will have to prove he heard from all sides that be
week's programme ---
TO-DAY Mixed Doubles League USBC ▼ CRC. I
(King's Park.)
WEDNESDAY "B" Division IRC. v HKGC.
University
Y .C.S.C.C.
K.C.C. v. Becreio
South China v °C.R.C.
their worth in competition with is the coming champion hundreds of unknowns in the China Needs Players Shanghai meet.
The biggest problem in eoanec- tion with China's participation in
around
The Chinese Davis Cup player says that it is a real pity that China has not been tennis in
same zest
23
the 1936 Olympics will be to find Pushed with the (Sookanpoo). enough money to pay the bills basketball and soccer, and that The Chinese government has nothing has been done to encour- (Fokfulam) dicated its willingness to stand age the youngsters to play the (King's Park) part of the cost of sending the 50 game. "You have to start young in tennis," he added and be ex- athletes half-way-
the (King's Park).world, and the China National pressed the hope that the China THURSDAY
Amateur Athletic Federation will National Amateur Athletic Te deration will do something to “C” Division.
raise the rest by popular subscrip- papularise the game among the KITC V GECELE
ition. By(King's Park).
youngsters. Craigengower -S. Chine.
(Happy Valley). FRIDAY “D” Division."
ATC. KDEC
CRC KF.C.
S. China v CS.C.C.
PRC ▼ KBG.C."
(Sookunyoo).
(Causeway Bay). (King's Park).
(Happy Valley)<
Dr. Wang In Charge
Kho could not say definitely whether he would defend his crown in the national athletic Dr. Wang, who will accompany meet to be held in Shanghai next the Chinese team to Berlin said October..
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that it is yet too early to say in. Quiet and unassuming, Kho is what events China is likely to be extremely popular with the represented.
Shanghai tennis fans Judging from the play he served up during the last two exhibitions, which netted $5,000 for the food relief fund, he has improved his strokes tremendousle has shown more speed and confidence and
Glenna Collett Vare's 7th
Win In The Griswold Cup is strokes are now more polish-
Eastern Paint, Conn.,
Glenna Collett Vare, of Tottenham Hotspur FC have adelphia. to-day
Baner of Provid
margin of 5
Squire the well- The Providence gi failed to known. Shanghai player, says that he has improved at least 50 per Vare gained command of cent in general play. the
becoming 4 up on
PARKER BEATS GUYCHENG the outgoing nine. Her medal score, 38, was only two over men's par while Miss Baner was out
Newport, Frankie
ally action is the best I have
throu