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THE CHINA MAIL; JANUARY 26, 1938.
AUSTRALIAN DAVIS CUP HOPES ARE
If you can't take it REVIVED!
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血
HUB
MATCHES
AGAINST
U.S. TEAM WERE POINTER
BROMWICH
COMING WORLD CHAMPION
Writing in the Sydney Referee of December 23, Sir Joynton Smith states: The Davis Cup position, as it affects Australia, When has changed in a flash. the Cup team returned from their unlucky and disastrous tour abroad public opinion was more or less apathetic. The players had the sympathy of everyone in their illnesses. But it was felt that the younger ones, in a sense, had to begin again to develop their best form and rekindle the fighting spirit that can rarely be shown when the men are wearied by too much match play.
Form here a little while back indicated that the tour-tiredness had not disappeared. But within a few weeks things have chang ed. There is once again that buoyancy about the big games and leading Australians which is a corollary of success-not neces- sarily victory.
The lawn tennis of D. Budge and G. Mako and their breeziness have been the tonics to revive Australian form in both singles and doubles.
CONFOUNDED CRITICS
Enthusiastic crowds in Sydney last week saw Australia defeat America in the three-day match by four rubbers to one, or 13 sets; 95 games, to 5 sets, 12 games. The weather was perfect, so were the courts. The play of the Australian was of so high a class that it con- founded critics who had considered Davis Cup possibilities in 1938 to be hopeless.
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"B" BADMINTON LEAGUE TO BE DECIDED?
Recreio Meet
St. John's
If St. John's can beat Recreio at King's Park in their return "B" Division fixture, to-night, the cham- pionship without any further doubt, will be theirs.
Both sides will be fielding their most powerful combinations but despite the advantage of playing at home, Recreio are unlikely to beat the well-balanced St. John's team which has only lost one match date.
The Peebles girl swimmer, Margaret Smith, has had a-good season after be- ing off swimming for a long time through an accident. She has won the 50 and 100 yards Eastern Counties St. tities and the Border Women's Cham- pionship
EC Garland (rec. 20) beat P. GA Sloan (rec, 80) in the first round of the Stock Exchange:, hilliards, handicap by| 250-212 last night.
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The following are the teams
John's-A. J. Bennitt and F. H. Ewok; G. A. Smith and A. Keown; Peter Wilson and Norman Smith.
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