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TILDEN IS BEATEN INCIDENTS
IN MATCH
WITH PLAA
Cochet And Nusslein In Final
PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AT SOUTHPORT
London, July 9. Martin Plaa (France) heat W. T. Tilden (USA), the former Wimbledon champion, by 5-7, 7-5, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, in the second round of the international professional championships Southport yesterday.
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The match lasted two hours and three-quarters.
MEMY
Plaa showed great resource andį
shots produced
strods which caught Tilden on the wrong foot.
There were several inci- dents during the match Play was interrupted by the chat- ter of a child whose mother had to escort it out of the stadium. Later, both players disagreed with the linesmen's decisions, and there was a dis- pate as to when the new balls' should be used.
William T. Tilden Jur. above, was recently defeated by Martin Plax (France) in the professional tournament at Southport.
LOUGHRAN HELD TO DRAW
McCoy Gives Crowd
A Thrill
Montreal, Canada, July 30. Tommy Loughran,: 183 lbs, Philadelphia. former light-beary- weight champion of the world,
WIMBLEDON'S NET CORD EPIDEMIC
COURT PACE & DRIVING AFFECTED BY RAIN
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NOTHING TO BE DONE ABOUT IT
(By A. WALLIS MYERS)
London, July 10. MONG other phenomeña- of a strange Wimbledon was the
large number of net-cord strokes, Korpoliga
The frequency of these rubs of the court, especially on the centre court in important matches, was abnormal, and I have been asked by many correspondents to explain the epidemic,
"Anet cord.” as every lawn tennis player knows, registers the interrupted flight of the ball by the band of the net.
The striker may not always benefit by the accident, for his intended winner may be converted into a loser by the check his opponent may be better off if he runs for his reply.
But in nine cases out of 10, perhaps, having regard to posi- tion and anticipation, the netcard will give the striker a point unearned by skil
Jack Kalsey, of the University of Michigan, will be America's main challenger in the 200 Metres Breast-Stroke event the Berlin Olympic Games next werk
The element of luck will have the first-was, I think, due to two helped him, and if this luck reasons
The first was the incidence of BRADDOCK- chances to be unevenly distri- buted, the result of a match rain changing the pace of the court |
and impairing the driving accuracy may be decided by it.
The multiplicity of net-cords of oversea players unfamiliar with far the vagaries of a turf surface. last week-for there were more in the second court than in Secondly, the modern tendency to strike the ball on the rise, and to
JOHN HENRY LEWIS
TRIUMPHS
Al Gainer Beaten On Points
sacrifice flight direction for speed
SCHMELING BOUT
DATE CHANGED?
Champion's Manager Makes Request
TERMS NOT YET MET
Regarding the temporary cause, as distinct from the permanent, Baron von Cramm and Mrs. Sperling, undoubtedly won valu- able points by net-cords - Var
New York, July 20. Cramm against Austin and Mrs.
The world's heavyweight cham- Sperling in the final against Miss
Max between pionship bout Jacobs
Schmeling and champion Jimmy Pittsburgh, Pa. Jaly 30.
Effect of Weather
Braddock may be shifted from Boti have trained 022 sand John Henry Lewis, weighing 178 had been used in one game
September 25 to some other date, bs. and light-heavyweight cham-courts, with an even bound making
it was indicated to day. many, and Tilden insisted
pion of the world, to-night gained for the mechanisation of stroke- Joe Gould, Braddock's manager, they should be used for one more
decision over McCoy launched a terrific body a 12-round
Alplay. A sudden variation in sur- Justil Plaa had finished serving. Spectators shouted protests at the attack in the eighth round and Gainer, 177 lbs, of Hartford. Con- face, caused by the weather, Bo said that he did not agree to hold stoppage, and the umpire had to
kept it up throughout the ninth necticut. The title was make repeated calls for silence.
It was found that the old balls and Al McCoy, 181 lbs., of Boston,
Match That Will Decide
too fought a stirring 12-round draw
here to-night
that
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not in-doubt had some effect on their the fight on September 26 because Johnston of confidence. and would. invite the Promoter Jimmy Gainer opened a cut over the lower trajectory with its tendency Madison Square Garden did not
meet his terms. Tilden lost his chance in the He had Loughran in trouble, but volved.
Johnston said that Gould want- final set when he netted an angled the slugging Tommy weathered
It must also be remembered that volley to give Flas a 15-0 lead in the storm and came back in the champion's right eye in the sixth for "net-cording."
wise in the ninth. Both were the not quite orthodox backhanded the date of the Sght changed the 10th game. This was follow-eleventh and twelfth. He employ-round, and Lewis retaliated like- ed by another decision with which ed all his old ring craft to win a bleeding freely, when the fight drives of both these Continental because September 26 is the Jew- Tilden did not agree, and Plaa draw-Associated Press.
fended-Associated Press.
players create the "elimbing" re-ish Day of Atonement.
It was originally agreed to stage ply. The spin on them, if the re- won the 'game to 15 for set and
turn under pressure is a fraction the fight in Madison Square Gar match to enter the semi-final.
of an inch too low, might carry the den's Long Island Bowl sometime between September 24 and 30. ball over.
Later it was announced the bout The better the conditions the better the play and, since, in-so would be on the afternoon of the tuality, a net corder" is realy a 26th United PreRB... stroke wrongly timed, though the margin
may be very Ave.
small I think we may say that 43.66 the profusion of these accidents at 42.50 the last Wimbledon was due partly 27.66 to 60
the weather and partly to a nervous tension that was inordin-
July 11-The singles match be- tween H. Cochet (France) and E) Nusslein (Germany) in the Inter- national Professional tournament today at Southport will decide the winner of the competition, for)
University Cricket Averages
both have won two matches with-IN. S. Mitchell-Innes out the loss of a set.
R. C. M. Kimpton
They had comfortable wins yes-B. L. Cumming terday, Cochet playing well to beat J. N. Grover his compatriot, M. Plaa, and lost T. G. L. Ballance only eight games. Plaa's chief M. R. Barton
weapon was
his forehand drive. A. P. Singleton
a well controlled stroke on which M. M. Walford he got some very wide angles. Hew. Murray-Wood used it as a foreing shot for a zet R. H. Belle lattack, though, once in the fore E. J. H. Dixon
court, his volleying
was not al-J. W. Seamer ways so decisive as it might have P. G. Foster been.
R. F. H. Darwall-Smith Cochet's great accuracy enabled . H. Matthews tim to put passing shots across J. H. Dyson the court and down the line, and R West his excellent length had the effect
of keeping Plaa on the defensive
SINGLES H. Cochet (France) bt J. H. Dyson
OXFORD
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Can Net-Cord Be Abolished?
`N. S. WISE WINS SINGAPORE TENNIS TITLE
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Wise Frequently in this set drore off the court or netted the feasiest of returns and it look-
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Can the net-cord be abolished?ed as if the Chinese player was 24.26 Only by altering the rules of the going to have a very easy match.
Dramatic Moments 23.73 game which have stood the test of 23.18 time and 'expediency.-
From the first service-ace he And the change could only be scared in the first game of the see- 19.66 effected by a two-thirds majority and set Wise was a different msn. 15.00 not of legislators in this comm3 He seemed to find his very best but of legislation from all the form and made hardly any mis- countries affliated to the Inter-taker 12.66
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His service was excellent, he
not changing the law. One is that controlled his drives well placed accurately and generally showed which there are many balls
though they may touch the top of very much better court craft than. Loon Chong, who just was not cap- the set, do not have their intended able of standing up before the direction seriously deflected.
Another is that the application European player's all-round bril- -2445 of & "Tet" for all net-cord strokes,
liance.
Time and again Wise drove to. other than the service, would Loon Chong's backhand and went 23.45 lengthen matches to an uncon~
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DOUBLES.-Cochet and Ramillon (France) bt Nusslein (Germany) and R. F. Darwall-Smith A Barke (Ireland) 6-3, 6-1, 97A P..Singleton:
Cochet Beaten
July 13. Nusslein beat Cochet J. B. Scott 16—–3, 6–2, 6-2, but the French- man won the doubles with Ramil- lon, against Tilden and Stoeffen, by 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 6-1
ARMY TEAM TRACK MARKS FALL FAST
A. ET. White
(Continued from Page 2) This was 3 in. beyond the re-W. Wooller cord, but Harbin still had one J. H Payle more jump. He placed a piece of P. A. Gibb paper just the right distance out 3. M. Brocklebank in the pit, gritted his teeth, J. H. Cameron judged his take-off perfectly, S. C. Griffith and landed over the 23-ft. mark, D. S. Carmichael sa regaining his record,
W.R.-Rees-Davies
The Hardies
LL 0. G. W White (Dorset- shire Begt) won the hurdles by a yazd in 152 sec. from L-Cpl. E. JN. W. D. Yardley C. Higgins (2nd Bn. Dornet Reg). M. Jahangir Khan.
It might have been a different J. M. Brocklebank story had not L-Cpl. G. Dyson W. Wooller, (2nd. Bu. Somerset L.L) struck RP. Nelson (succession of hardien 2nd Lt ADB Carmichael J. Fitzgerald (Training En REW. R. Fes-Days hit the second hurdle hard, and J. H. Cameron lost rhythm, but managed to get E-G. Hinat
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28.33 scionable degree. If the point up to the net to kill the returns the striker with a smash or accurately placed jond set Wise faltered. 12.90 the effect would be a higher tra-volley. For a moment in the sec-
þjectory and a tendency to more
caution.
The End
It was two love in his favour
Masters of the game, like W. T. Tilden, H. L Doherty, R. Lacoste when Loon Chong broke through and now F. J. Perry, have fewer his service and then levelled at 40.87et-cards than their contempor-two all. But that, as far as the aries because their "shooting" is Chinese player was concerned, was 35.38 30.33 more confident and more accurate.the end for Wise won 6-2.
In the final set there was only Incidentally, one may note, that these masters are rarely foot one man in the picture and that faulted, and for the same reason. was Wise. Serving and satashing -
with power he frequently left Loon
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Chongtanding, while his volley-
ing was as good as any seen" on: the S.CC centre court for a long while. He won the set at F-L
The fail Ust of winners and
The 225 Yards (they swam the runners-up is as follows:--- ful" ning "lengths) saw "G" Met's Singles: N. S-Wise, rumer- Halhley (RA) and Pte. Taylor up: Yong Loon Chong (East Lancs.) fight it out between themselves, and the Gam comfortably in 2 ming 59 1-5
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