THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 20, 1937.
AUSTRALIA-US.
DAVIS CUP CLASH
Budge Is America's Mainstay
BUT AUSTRALIANS
SHOULD WIN
PARKER RANKED
SECOND IN LIST!
ABSENCE OF OLD BRIGADE
(By "Austral")
Sydney.
'Jack Crawford, above, will again captain Australia's Davis the United Cup team to meet. States in the First Round of the North American Zone.
DAVIS CUP TOURNEY
FOR WOMEN
UNITED STATES NOT IN FAVOUR
HELEN JACOBS THINKS OPPOSITE
Sydney, March 11.
Turning down of the proposed visit to England of an Austrahan women's lawn tennis team this UR Davis Cup team, Jack Crawford, Adrian
year by the A.LÍT.A,, practically OUR
on the question; of amateurism, Quist, Vivian McGrath, and John Bromwich,
is quaint, in view of financial ar- with Cliff Sproule as manager, will leave on their
von Cramm, and many put him rangements for Davis Cup play- odyssey for the year's Davis Cup on March 18. ahead of the German champion. Iters.
The leading Australian wo- From the latest issue of American "Lawn Tennis" was certainly only by a shade that
men play their games so fascina- we learn the recent performances of the men who he was behind von Cramm.
Budge, then, is the lion in the tingly, are so distinctive in type, will do battle for U.S.A. In the ranking list just path of our team on its road to the and such good and gracious announced the actual order of precedence is some-Davis, Cup coming back to Aus- "sportsmen" that the four best tralia'this year. He is only twenty-players would have created rare what surprising, for it places Freddie Parker se- one now, and must have improved. interest among the galleries at Wimbledon, and, perhaps, would Parker's best wins were from cond to Donald Budge, with W. M. ("Bitsy") Grant Riggs
have won some the higher hon- thrice, from Van Ryn, from Mangin twice, from Des-
Miss Joan Hartigan and others Two years back Parker was hail-tremeau, the best colt of France ed as, the coming man of America. where he is ranked second to Boro-gave them a fine advertisement în recent years. Miss Nancy Wynne, He met and beat our champion tra and ahead of Boussus, and over
Miss -- Thelma Coyne, and Mrs. the Grant, himself, whom he beat 7-5, Wastacott would have heightened colt, McGrath, both being same age. He was hailed as the 16-1, 3-6, 0-6, 6-4. He lost to Riggs
it, and, perhaps, have won in their
in third place.
FIVE NEW RECORDS AT
WAH TAI SPORTS perfect stroke producer taught by twice, to Budge twice, and to Wood
Successful Meet at Caroline Hill
Five new records were establish-
duction.
All critics now agree that Par-
ours.
spheres as much renown as the
BEST TO WAIT
men.
"world's greatest coach" (so self once. styled)
rather Beasley. I have
RELATIVE METHODS doubted Beasley's methods, if they are shown by Parker's stroke pro-fighter. He attacks
Now as to methods, Budge is a The view held in Melbourne on
all the time. He has the finest backhand of to- that it is best to await the matches the matter of a tour this year is day. He volleys well, and is clear-with the British Women's team out risking defeats so as to improve here this year. It is held that as his volleying. In their latest match Misses Wynne and Coyne are se he lost to Grant by taking the net on balls that had not got Grant into gain against the English
young, the experience they will enough trouble.
will be of great value.
ed by the senior students of the ker's forehand stroke is unsound. Wah Tai College at their fifth an- It is a pure chop, and so far he had nual sports meeting held on the not been able to get hold of a true
South China Athletic Association drive-the basis of all truly great ground yesterday afternoon.
players. Without that all tactical At the conclusion of the pro-skill is rotten at the core. gramme, Mr. Lo Wing-kit, Com- However, Parker is ranked sec pradore of the N.Y.K., congratu-ond; and Grant third, and 'this the successful competitors means that it is probable that Par- and distributed the prizes.
ker will play as second man for the U.S.A. with Grant as emer-
lated
The following were the results.
secs.
It
Bad tactics on the day; but if it ==
Then if the team be sent to Wim- a determination to were part of rise still higher, most admirable bledon in 1988, they will be better This risking of the present for the equipped to meet all comers under sake of future is what has lifted conditions differing from those of McGrath to higher skill. It did the homeland. Of course, though it just the same thing to Tilden in may be argued that experience this 1919, when he rose from a merely year at Wimbledon would strength- great player to become "the world's en them as opponents of the Eng-
lish women. greatest ever." Grant
Senior 100 Metres: 1 Ip Kam-hung,gency for the singles and Budge 2 Leung Fook-yee. Time: 11.8 secs. and Mako will form the pair.
Junior 100 Metres: 1 Ip Man-hón, 2 The ranking list has an interest Ip Ki-hong, 3 Au Chee-lap. Time: 13 of its own, so I give it for the first
Small Boys' 100 Metres: 1 Pun Kwok-ten. is Budge, Parker, lon. 2 Chan Hun-tak. Time: 14.3 secs. Riggs, Mangin, Van Ryn, McDiar Senior 400 Metres: 1 Leung Fook-mid, Harris, Hunt and Hendrix. yee, 2 Lam Sing-see. Time: 59.7 secs.
is the The surprising feature (Record).
Junior 400 Metres: 1 Ip Man-hon, 2 almost total absence of any of the Au Chee-lap, 3 Ip Ki-hong. Time: 1old brigade-Allison, Shields and Syd. Wood, and the colt Mako does Senior Long Jump: 1 Ip Kam-hung, not gain a place, though he had had 2 Chan Wing-fat, 3 Lo Hon-san. Dist: 18 ft. 9 ins.
min. 5.7 secs.
Grant's game is like that of Lacoste, who became world cham- pian with its unending returns. Lacoste beat Tilden by getting back the world champion's hardest drives till Tilden "busted." One may not admire this kind of game, but it does win. Yet I cannot see mere. safety beating either Quist or Mc- Grath. It might trouble Crawford, for he is apt to sink into his back- "hand to backhand exchange game. That is wonderful to look at. One sees the ball landed time and time
some good singles results. There is always a tendency in the American association to scrap older players. They forget that Bill Tilden is still
Junior Long Jump: 1 Ip Man-hon, 2 Ng Chak-fong. Dist: 17 ft. 4 ins.
Shot Put: 1 Wong Chow-keung, 2 L Hon-sun. Dist: 35 ft. 10 ins. (Record) in the front, through 43.
Open 800 Metres: 1 Leung Fook-yee," 2 Chan Wing-fat. Time: 2 mins. 23.5
secs. (Record).
3,000 Metres Bicycle Race: 1 Ho Yuk-1
mins. 33.7 secs.
Time: 25.8 secs.
Junior 200 Metres: 1 Ip Man-hon, 2
secs.
„Senior High Jump: 1 Lo Hon-sun, 2
Kam-hung. Height: 5 ft. 3 ins Record),
BUDGE THE LION
•
again into the last foot of the back-
· AN AMERICAN VIEW
Touching on. the suggested "Davis Cup" for women, as promul- (Continued on Page 22)
Budge's best wins in 1936 were Boarders 100 Metres: 1 Lo Hon-sun, over Crawford and Quist in the 2 Wong Ying-kan. Time: 11.7 secs. Davis Cup, over Quist at Wimble-
hand corner, but Jack loses many from one result that apart from ming, 2 Leung Kwok-kuen. Time: 6 don. and over Perry at Los Angeles. matches played in that way. Jack Budge the opposition in singles is is at his best when he uses the not impressive. Riggs is ranged There could not be more impres- Senior 200 Metres: 1 Ip Kam-hung, 2 sive. They ranked him, at lowest,whole court, as he can do and has fourth. He went down to Van Ryn - Leung Fook-yee, 3 Chan Shui-kun, third, in the world to Perry and in Sydney before he went home to rather badly, and yet scored twice often done. He beat Vines by that in the last American championship
England and beat him for the Eng- against Parker, and once against. Ip Ki-hong, 3 Au Chee-lap. Time: 27.7 hung, 2 Hon Siu-wu. Time: 18.9 secs. lish title at Wimbledon in 1933. Grant. No-one to-day could call
Old Boys' 100 Metres: 1 Chung Yu- on, 2 Chan Wan-kwong- Time: 12.9 This might mean that if the Van Ryn a great player in singles, secs,
U.S. uses Grant, our singles play He only once years ago ap- 1,200 Metres Open Relay: 1 La Salle ers should be Quist and McGrath. proached greatness in this branch. Collége, 2 Elks Kadoorie School.
I do not suggest that, for that de- How then can Farker or Grant be Inter-Class Relay: 1 Class II, 2 Cláss III.
cision must be left wholly to our really formidable to our men? €1,500 Metres Open Championship: 1 Consolation Race: 1 Chow Ping-chiu, selection committee just before the It would really appear from all Leung › Fook-yee,2 Chan Wing-fat. 2 Lai „Ko-chung.
match. It should be decided on the results tabulated of the Ameri- Time: 5 mins. 24.6 secs. (Record).. Open 800 Metres: 1 L/Cpl. McCut- the form of the practice matches can season that the U.S.A. is go-
Committee Race: 1 Shum Wai-ho, 2 cheon (R.U.R.), 2-L/Cpl. Chivers Wong-Yong-kan, szakk phot (R.U.R.).
insofar as these may alter the pre-ing through a slack time. When - 100 Metres (Open to Members of Senior Championship: Won by Ip vious records of the players, a Van Ryn, a player over thirty, can
·S.C.A.A): 1 Leung Yun-hung, 2 Woo Kam-hung with 28 points. Pik-yan.
***Junior Championship: Won by
OUR CHANCES
come back to gain fourth place, As to our chances it does appear this is pretty clear.
Junior High Jump: 1 Ip Man-họn, 2 Ng Chak-fong, 3 Au Chee-lap. Height: 4 ft. 6 ins..
110 Metres Low Hurdles: 1 Ip Kam- Mari-hon.