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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1936
MISS JACOBS' THRILLING FINAL ENCOUNTER
INTERNATIONAL JOINS
IPSWICH
Scotland Forward Leaves Sheffield Wednesday
London, July 7.
R. Bruce, the Scottish Inter national forward, has joined Ips- wich Town, the newly-formed professional club which will com- pete in the Southern League.
Bruce last season. played for Sheffield Wednesday, and formerly with Middlesbrough and Aberdeen. He represented Scot land against Austria in 1933-34.
OWNER AND
JOCKEY HAVE
LAST LAUGH-
Australian Grand National
DESPISED HORSE WINS BIG JUMP RACE
Melbourne, July 15. Mr. J. P. Devine (lessee-trainer) and J. Regan (rider) had the last laugh on many critics when Santa Casa, a-maiden perfoamer, won:
INTERNATIONAL Australia's greatest jumping race
RUGBY SERIES
Welsh Dispute Over Home Ground:
-
--the
National VRC Grand Steeplechase at Flemington on Saturday,
Here was a horse which a few
Miss Helen Hall Jacoba, above,
is the second person to hold the ladies" singles lawn tennis titles of both hemispheres-she-recent- ly won the Wimbledon crown, för the Sperling in the final.
first time, beating Mr
months ago was despised by al- OLYMPIC GAMES
IN BERLIN
[most everyone but Mr. Devine. An Cardiff, July 2 illustration of the diverse opinions. The Welsh Engby Union last of his worth can be quoted. night, in Cardiff, by one vote de- Mr. Devine told an owner of cided the only home international hunters and steeplechasers that fixture next season against Scot-Santa Casa was for sale. “H¢ land-should be played at Swan-could be bought for three hun-
{dred,” he said.
TABAN "Do you "There was considerable opposi-
shillings or tion, delegates from the Eastern pence?" asked the other, contempi Section proposing that in view of tuously.
sea.
the limited accommodation com But now, as the lessee-trainer pared with Cardiff Army Park, the of a Grand National winner, Mr. match should be played at Cardif Devine has the last laugh
Swansea delegates opposed this,
Too Unlucky!
Traditional Rite . Observed MEETING OF INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE
FINALS WHICH WILL
BE REMEMBERED
FOUR MATCHES WILL LIVE FOR ALL TIME
DOUBLES WINNERS NOT AT BEST
(By A. Wallis Myers)
London, July 6. " VIMBLEDOŇ, the "friendly war" of 30 nations, ended at sundown on Saturday with four-fifths of its spoils in British hands. The women's singles championship, the only title to go abroad, remained with California, which has held it for eight years out of the last ten.
The Wimbledon just over may have lacked the continuous thrills of former years. Its threads were broken and its courts slowed down by fickle weather; accident and ailment took.... unusual toll among the champions, robbing relative form of its proper orientation. But none will deny that Perry vindicated his right to hold the singles crown, or that three of the five finals yielded excitement, or that certain matches produced play worthy to be enshrined in memory.
One may name four in this category-the classic driving →CHINA MAIL", SPECIAL duel last Wednesday, between Austin and Von Cramm; the bril-
Berlin, To-day. The traditional session of the liant, bustling first between Perry and Budge which followed it International Olympic Committee, Jacobs, in which the Chilean champion revived the genius of on the same day; Senorita Lizana's set-and-a-half against Miss which preceeds the Olympic
Suzanne Lenglen and looked, for that period, almost as invincible; Games, was held yesterday in the and the great doubles match on Friday night between Allison stating it was Swansea's turn to Here, too, was a jockey (J. Re- old Hall of Berlin University. The and Van Ryn and Hughes and Tuckey, the strain of which was have the match, and revealed that gan) who had never ridden a win-}. the Swansea Corporation had ner in Melbourne-an unfashion-resident of the Olympic Commit reflected in the British pair the next day. schemes under consideration by able jockey who had been success-at the sitting, which the St. Helen's ground could ful in India, but whose mounts be extended to hold 70,000 specta-here rarely possessed anything tional-Socialist Party, Herr Ru-house, but I have seen the pres- The Deputy Leader of the Na-last day before another packed
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itors.
TRUST HER
TO KNOW-
CAPSTAN
FOR QUALITY
CAPSTA (uvy Cut Marettes
tee Court Baillet-Latour, presided
The curtain was lifted on the
dolf Hess, warmly welcomed the sure in the standing space more men of the International Olympic irksome for those who have Committee, the competitors and undergone an all-night vigil. foreign guests on behalf of Kerr
$20 A Sext Adolf Hitler. The State Commis- Indeed, some who had their sary for Berlin, Dr. Lippert, set-normal sleep at home were able, ing Lord Mayor, then greeted the by the irony of fate to get in. ¡ foreign visitors in the name of the Yet seats in the stadium rose to a city of Berlin, and the President premium, and one Californian paid of the German Olympic Commit-£20 to see his compatriot in her tee, Dr. Lewald, and the Beich fifth final. Mr. Baldwin prefer- Sports Leader, Herr von Tscham: red Henley, but Mr. Ramsay Mac- mer und Osten, likewise extended Donald and Sir Samuel Hoare were a hearty welcome to the visitors.
faithful to the courts. A BRITISH VISITOR
In the opening final, the cham- London: In authoritative quar-pions of America and Germany. ters here it is stated that Sir Ro-were locked in a struggle that last-; bert Vansittart, Permanent Under-jed опе hour 40 minutes-a Secretary of State in the Foreign struggle that looked to be going Office, will in the next few days all one 'way when Miss Jacobs, pay a private visit to Berlin of with a set in hand, was leading aine to 10 days' duration.
3-1 in the second
The Evening Standard, com-) Then Mrs. Sperling, fighting menting upon the fact, states that back, came gallently to a climax Sir Robert will begin his summer nearly as palpitating, alike to the leave in Berlin when the Olympic two who strove and to the thou- Games begin, as he has always sands watching their
GOTTFRIED
Baron Gottfried von Cramm, runner-up at Wimbledon for the past two years and the present holder of the French champion- ship, recently denied in Eerlin that motor-car accident en All-England Club
route to the schooled
taken a keen interest in sports of endurance, as that of last year in all kinds. He will be the guest of the same event.
Erici
Untimely Incident
tais brother-in-law, Phipps, British Ambassador in The American: had established Berlin, whose sister Sir. Robert her commanding lead against the Vansittart married.—Trans-Ocean expert's view, and probably against Service.
OLYMPIC GAMES SENSATION:
Two U.S. Boxers Sent Back To America
her own expectation. She had been aided morally, though she was in no WAY to blame, by an luntimely incident in the fifth game.. Each player had held her OWN service twice: there was every indication. from the defensive
methods employed and from the
had anything to do with his in- jury, in the final against Fred Perry,
Final Results
WOMENS SINGLES
(Holder: Mrs. P. S. Moody, USA) (Sended players in black,type) Final Miss H. H: Jacobe (USA) bt Fru 5. Sperling (Denmark) 6-2; 4-6,
MEN'S DOUBLES
Quist, Australia)
Final
grim tenacity of both, that this (Holders: J. H. Crawford and A. K. would be a level fight, probably de- Berlin, To-day.
termined at the end by a measure-
G. P. Hughes and C. R. D. Tuckey or the in-(GB, nom) bt C. E. Haze and F. E. Another major Olympic Games ment of last reserves
D. Wilde (G.B.; nam.) ́ ́Smak, Zamł. sensation has been caused by the cidence of luck. United States Olympic Committee.
But in the fifth game, when the 7-3, 6-1, 6-4 This time two members of the crowd were ready to wait an hour boxing team, Howell King and or more for this marathon Joe Church, have been sent back to disclose its secret, ezze a check Įto America for misdemeanour.
to the German, champion's ardour
Reuter.
and. as it proved, to her aim asj well
<<
Mrs. Eleanor Holm-Jarett, who
race
WOMEN'S DOUBLES.
(Holders: Miss F. James and Miss K. E. Stammers, GB): Final
Miss F. James and Ming" KE Stammers (GB), nom,) bt Mrs. M.
was selected to represent Ameri- Thought She Had Gained Lead: Fabran and Miss H H. Jacobs
in the women's swimmaiag
She had thought, and others (USA), 6–2, 6–1.
MIXED DOUBLES events, was the first of the US, too, that, after a long and fluctuat- complement to be sent back for ing rally, game point had been (Holder: F. J. Perry and Miss D. E.
Round, GB) Semi-Finali
a breach of training regulations, earned, and when she scored the next point, Mrs. Sperling began to cross over thinking she had gain-| FRED PERRY
ed a 3-2 lead. She had not EXPLAINS heard the umpire's "not up" that
[had recorded, the first of these twof
strokes to her opponent. "Getting Old" Remark Made Jokingly
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TIENTSIN WANT EARLIER AQUATIC INTERPORT
(Continued from Fags 3)
F. J. Perry and Miss. D. E. Round (G.B., nom.) et F. H. D. Wilde and
is Whitmarsh (GB), 6 1-6, 6-3
VAN
Final Perry and Miss Round ht D. Budge and Max. M. Fabyan (USA) 7—8, JB.
ALL-ENGLAND MEN'S PLATE
--FINAL: D. N. Jones-- (U.S.A.) bt L G. Collins (G.B.) 6-0, 6--20
„ALL-ENGLAND... WOMEN'S |PLATE_FINAL: Mis– F. X. Forder |(GB) bt Miss M. Riddell (GB)
Sand B
London, July 6, Fred Perry, winner of the Men's | [Singles at Wimbledon, sald at the Lawn Tennis Association Ball on Saturday: “This is possibly: MY |last Wimbledon win: Tam getHammond will have completed
three months' residence in Tient effect that a swimmer, previously When asked to explain, Perry, in at the time the gala takes resident of one port, and residing who is 27, admitted that the replace and therefors will not be in another port cannot swim for
lark was made, jokingly.”
Teligible to swim for Tientsin. He the original port
"Well" he added smiling, per- is therefors; eligible to win, for The whole issue boils down to it was a slip of the tongue, Shanghai, although a resident of whether the respective swimming |bodien will agree for which team
the film act-Tientsin
Perry, few from t
day, She This point will, bear much dis, if such a fine swimmer, were left Hollywood, in - the cussion. But, it is believed a far out of the contest North Caina Con Wednesday
ther ruling has been made to the Daily News.