Baron Gottfried von Cramm, left, defeated Donald Badge, the Wim- bledon and American Singles champion, right, in three sets recently in a Triangular match between Australia, the United States and Germany, at Sydney.
DON BUDGE RETAINS HIS
UNBEATEN RECORD VICTORIAN TITLES FOR AMERICA
(By A. WALLIS MYERS).
London, December 13.
Donald Budge, maintaining his unbeaten record in champion- ship singles since he captured the London title at Queen's Club in June, won the Victorian championship at Melbourne on Saturday by beating John Bromwich in the final 8-6, 6-3, 9-7.
THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 11, 1938.
FARR'S PROBABLE OPPONENT
A
IS UNAWARE OF FIGHT
WITH BRADDOCK ALTERS
(By HAROLD LEWIS)"
London, December 11. A statement made by Tommy Farr-yesterday with re
with regard to his next fight in America tended to refute a message from New York 24 hours earlier that Farr would fight James Braddock, the former world's champion, in New York on Jan. 21.
"I have not signed to fight Braddock," said Farr. "I have no objection to fighting him, of course, but, there is a general impres- sion that such a match has been arranged, whereas Mike Jacobs, the promoter, has not mentioned it to me. I don't know yet who is to be my opponent.”
Two days 1 mentioned
that Farr's most probable op- HARVEY
ponent would be Nathan Mann,
the hard-hitting young heavy READY TO
weight who beat Bob Pastor,
New York State champion, about FIGHT JACK
a fortnight ago.
announcë-
ment to that effect was, I be-
lieve, made in New York before MCAVOY
the Pastor-Mann fight.
Title And Sidestake In Balance
(By HAROLD LEWIS)
the winner of the Louis-Schmeling Challenges and talk of big fight, due next June,
DECLINED
There is no doubt that Mann would make a very good opponent. He is rated so highly, in fact, that it was not considered wise to match him with Max Schmeling for the latter's first fight after a lengthy absence from the ring. IMPORTANCE OF CHOICE The choice of Farr s opponent is one Farr would
London, December 9. of considerable importance. doubtless beat the veteran Braddock It is practically certain that by speed alone; but he would not neces- Jack McAvoy will meet Len The Californian opened his Australian tour true to relative sarily shine, even though he might win, Harvey in the near future, and
Nathan Mann. And these world form, but the home players showed once more, as Perry and against
that they will fight for the Bri- mammoth world's championship fights other invaders have discovered, that on the fast couch-grass courts need spectacular effect to make finan- tish light heavyweight – (12st of their own country they are far more formidable than in Europecial success.
71b) championship, at present or America.
Farra ambition is, of course, to meet held by McAvoy. Budge had no "cake-walk" to only beat Miss Nancy Wynne, the victory. In the second round he present Australian champion, 6-4,
money have been circulating had a close four-set match with 1-6, 6-4, a score which indicates a
As was to be expected, the N.S.C.freely, but it is probable that J. H. Crawford who, as in 1935, very close fight.
offer of a £2,000 purse for a Harvey Harvey will take steps during when he defeated Perry in the
McAvoy fight has been declined. The Miss Wynne, in her 21st year, has Club may be quite right in the value at the week towards agreement on final of the Australian cham- the qualities of a great playera which such a night is to be assessed, and the match. He is sufficient con- pionship, seems to have recover-complete stroke repertoire, speed they have no intention of being jockey.fident to be ready, and willing, ed much of his old fire at Koo- and a serege. temperament. Sheed into offering inflated purses, but the he tells me, to deposit a sub- yong- V. B. McGrath in the semi-final and Bromwich in the Mrs. Hopman.
won the doubles at Kooyong with sum is so-much below what these men
have become accustomed to receiving stantial sum within a few days Like Miss Bundy, that they were almost bound to refuse. with the British Boxing Board final, though neither won a set, she is coming to Wimbledon next McAvoy has other offers. He may of Control, as a genuine side- were always threatening the year for the first time, and
the stake. both yet fight John Henry Lewis for champion.
these girls will have a chance to world's light heavyweight champion-
ship. The 19-year-old Bromwich, who win the blue riband of the lawn.:
d of th beat Quist for the third time this season and outplayed C. G. Mako at
Melbourne, will have another chan- GOLD CUP
ce of tackling Budge on his home
courts at Sydney this week. SNOOKER
With his uncanny concentration
and the disturbing effect of his TOURNAMENT
interest.
DOUBLE-HANDED DRIVES
Davis "Fed-up"
PRESERVING AMATEURISM
The fight will come as a ray sunshine in the present boxing fog. Not for years has the general situa- tion been so unfortunate, for the public is ready for any good show and promoters simply cannot find British boxers of sufficient quality or personality to create an attrac- tive fight.
Paris, December 11-As a means of keeping a closer watch on the movements of leading amateur
Harvey and McAvoy last met players, the French Lawn Tennis
four and a half years ago whèn Federation has proposed the adop-Harvey lost his middleweight cham- tion of record cards..
All players must possess one of pionship. The fight would be ac- tournaments they play in must fill these cards, and the secretaries of cepted as a title fight by the au-
thorities. in details. By this means it is FARR PROLONGS STAY hoped to avoid any possible viola- Tommy Farr is postponing ling and living expenses to be paidike Jacobs, the promoter to whom tion of the rule permitting travel-return to New York until later this month. He will be wanted by for a period of 42 days in one he is contracted, very soon for, ac- lionth part of an inch away you cording to present arrangements, have played a good shot. Still, the he is to meet Nathan Mann wise men of the Billiards Associa Madison Square Garden towards
the end of January, alises you for playing a perfect
double-handed drive-a stroke that Austin only parried with difficulty at Wimbledon this year-this lad has been beating all his fellow-j
London. countryimen, and his further
Joe Davis, champion and I back- matches against the American and marker, and Willie Smith were German invaders will excite wide struggling keenly for the lead at Thurston's yesterday in their Gold Cup match.
Smith, who receives 21 points a frame, was one down when he -saw the stength of
started the last game, but he won McGrath as a doubles pair under it at 99-40 with a break of 52 which home conditions when they beat Perry and Hughes in the final of began with a fluke. Davis, who had the Australian championship of the best break of the session
Their service returns were was once penalised by the "bouch-tion invented the rule which pen- markedly superior, and they did not ing" rule, and exclaimed: forfeit å set: Now, on the same court, Crawford and McGrath have beaten Budge and Mako (1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5).
1935.
Crawford
I imagine that McGrath's double- handed return from the left court to the incoming Mako was a great point-winner, and that the shrewd
Crawford lobbing which enabled and Quist to win the Davis match against the Californians at Philadelphia last
again
practised.
Cup
FIRST U. S. VICTORY
Saturday's finals at Melbourne were noteworthy for the first vic- tory of an American girl in an im- portant Australian tournament. But Miss Dorothy Bundy, the con- queror of Miss Alice Marble in the American championship this year,
"It is silly. If you are a "mil-jahot.”
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Nathan Mann, of Connecticutt, real name Manchetti (he is of Italian descent), is the leader of America's young generation of heavy-weights. He beat another favourite, Bob Pastor, on points 10 days ago, and is credited with being an exceptionally heavy puncher. SCHMELING AND THOMAS Meanwhile,
heavy-weight
tion is not likely to be changed much as a result of the fight due next Monday in New York between Max Schmeling and Harry Thomas. This is the first of Schmeling's fights which are part of his train- hing for his world championship Right with Joe Louis next June
* "homas has won nearly all his fights by the knock-out, but no one of any class has figured among his
WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW & CO., LTD. Opponents. Schmeling is due back
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at Hamburg to fight Ben Foord at the end of January,