THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 4, 1937.
GERMAN TENNIS TITLE FOR HENKEL
Professor Gehrig Lectures
DEFEATS MCGRATH IN
FIVE-SET FINAL
VON CRAMM'S RECORD
IS EQUALLED
TI
BRITISH DOUBLES DEFEAT
(By A. WALLIS MYERS)
EQUALLING the record of G. von Cramm in 1934, Henner, Henkel has become champion of France and Germany in the same year. Yesterday at Hamburg, by defeating V. B. McGrath in the final 1-6, 6-3, 8-6, 3-6, 6-1, he won the German sin- gles title for the first time.
THERE WAS NO CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING LAST YEAR OWING TO, THE OLYMPIC GAMES. SO THẤT VON CRAMM. VICTORIOUS FOR FOUR SUCCESSIVE YEARS WAS THE REIGNING CHAMPION. HIS UNEXPECTED DEFEAT BY L BROMWICH. THE AUSTRALIAN COLT IN THE THIRD ROUND, LEFT A FAVOURABLE FIELD FOR THE GERMAN NO. 2. AND HENKEL'S SUCCESS WAS INDICATED ON RE- LATIVE FORM.
The new German champion was beaten twice at Wimbledon- once by F. A. Parker after five sets in the championship, and again by D. Budge in the Davis Cup-yet his play on Continental hard courts this year entitles him to be placed in von Cramm's class and, using every stroke in the game and having a fine physique, he may go as far, or even farther than his compatriot. Like von Cramma he is to compete in the American championships at Forest Hills next month.
RUMJAHN COUSINS ARE EXTENDED
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Lou Gehrig, hard hitting first baseman of the New York Yankees, is shown above, giving some personal instructions to Lucy Smoot principal of Norton school, Kansas City, one of his pupils at Teach- er's College baseball classes of Columbia University, New York.
YORKSHIRE FIGHT FOR VITAL POINTS
HUTTON AGAIN TURNS INTO DEADLY BOWLER
London, Angust. 7.
McGrath came to the final after la conclusive win over Bromwich. who, like himself. is a native, of Sydney. In his brief and spec- tacular career Bromwich has
Yorkshire kept on the heels of Middlesex in the County Cham- beaten every leading Australian oionship race yesterday by beating Leicester in practically the last excent McGrath, who, trading over of the match. They claimed the extra half-hour, and with 10 on his objection to the slow ball minutes still left for play Leicester's ninth wicket fell. In a silence pitching on his back hand his that could almost be felt Graham, who injured his hand earlier in one-handed stroke has hitherto the match, walked to the wicket, gloveless, and pluckily batted always mastered him. In the for Middlesex, it almost seemed.
final of the Australian champion- Then, with only three minutes to go. Flamson was given out ship this year McGrath requir-b.w. (new rule), and Yorkshire had pocketed the precious points. ed five sets; at Hamburg he And who should prove the hero in Yorkshire's hour of bowling need needed only three.
but Hutton their and England's No. 1 batsman. He came off as a bowler in the first imings, and did even better yesterday, with his slow leg-breaks off an occasional googly.
with his
TOMLINSON'S FAILING Tomlinson's great failing was his volleving while his driving lack-
McGRATH'S FAILURES ed length and gave "HD" an op- pontunity of scoring outright, win-
McGrath's failure to win the long ners. Loch's service failed him at third set before the interval was two important stages of the third probably a factor in his ultimate set when he double-faulted with the defeat yesterday, for his reserves, scores standing at 30-40 and the strained by the heat, and his dou- games at 2--1 and 4-3. respective-ble-handed attack were not as great ly in favour of the Rumjahns.
as Henkel's. The Australian cham- Loch was best seen at the net nion came back to win the fourth where his clever interceptions and set gallantly, but he found the Ger- fine overhead work had the Rum-man at his best in the final set jahns guessing. In the second set.
FHD, Wilde and D. W. Butler. his fine. cross-court driving and the British naïr were hesten. 5-7. judicious: lobbing badly rattled the Colony champions, the latter con- ceding the set at 1-6.
GOSANO'S UNLUCKY
42-6 6-4 6-3 by Crawford and McGrath in the men's doubles final Mrs. Sperling, impregnable on the Continent. bore off the women's championship for the fourth year in succession, but she did not domin-
In the only other Doubles encoun-fate the court as usual and lost the ter, J. Pengelly and I. Agafuroff easi-opening set to Fraulein Horn, the ly accounted for T. K Leung and present German No
Jack Hsu
The Gosano brothers "A.V. and Bertie, unfortunately had to concede walk-over to GE E Divett and R. B. Todd, as B. Gosano has been transferred to the Swatow Branch-of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank-
ration, The Gosano's coul played, however, ing delayed
TEST CRICKETER'S MISHAP
BUNNY AUSTIN COMMENTS
ON HIS SHORTS
Tennis To-day's Is Strenuous Sport
Hull, August 7. H. W. Austin, the tennis play- er, in an address to Hull Rotary Club to-day, said that he had received much abuse because he wore shorts People had writ him saying that an en- should
ressed
for tennis
you
fete
Hutton so seldom takes a tura with the hall that his six wie- kets for 76. and full match re- cord of 10 for 101 at such a critical time as this in his county's history will rank as one of the romances of cricket,
The ups and downs of the game were strikingly demonstrated on this last day of what had been, all through, a most fascinating match. Bowlers found things so much in their favour at the start of the day that eight York- shire wi
rent down in two uarter for the addi-
hou tion of 176 runs.
York
Gre
HALIMOND NOT FOR
INDIA
shir time.
elbourne, August-
Australia's youngest Test eter, who jumped
front e batti Allen's side,
some
bres effort force et with little success, for five out for 51 and Barber. were three quarters of before the visi-
werfully and
one a min-
so York
declare at lunch-
Their hopes of forcing -
must have practically vanished.
past five, for
then lost only
too