THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 25, 1938.
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OPEN TENNIS TOURNEYS REJECTED
LARGE MAJORITY
AGAINST
PROFESSIONALS NOT
UNITED
(By A. WALLIS MYERS)
London, March 22. There are to be no public tournaments in which professionals and amateurs will jointly compete. The International Lawn Tennis Federation, at their annual meeting in Paris last week-end, reject- ed the proposal by an overwhelming majority.
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The plan was sponsored by the Association of India. In India, by the way, Tilden and Cochet are now giving a series of exhibition matches. The Indian delegate sought power to hold, "at least once
TO-DAY'S
CLIFF
TENNIS POSTPONED
Owing to the inclement wea- ther, the semi-final match in the Colony Open Doubles Tennis Championship, between Tsui Yan- pui and H. D. Rumjahn fixed for to-day, has been postponed.
This has necessitated a re-ar- rangement of the week's pro- gramme and it is probable that the singles final will now be play- ed on Tuesday of next week with the doubles final on Thursday.
BRITAIN'S
annually," a tournament in which paid and unpaid players should SELECTED
participate.
WIGHTMAN
CUP AND
The British delegation oppos- ed the motion, as did the French
FOR
and German. Australia, Japan CUP
and Brazil gave it support. The United States offered only qualifi-
DAVIS SERIES
London, March 25.
JONES TO RETIRE
EXAMINATION CLAIMS
London, March 18.
Cliff Jones, the famous Cardiff and Wales international stand-off half is retiring from first-class Rugby.
He has announced his inten- tion of appearing in the Glamor- gan County Hall XV. and for the Old Llandoverians in the seven- a-side tournament at Twicken- ham, but after that he will take no further part in football until after June, 1939, when he sits for his final solicitor's examination.
He will then be 25, and he con- siders it unlikely that he will re- turn to the game.
In the course of six seasons” football, Jones states, he has broken
ed approval. Their governing body The Lawn Tennis Association, both ankles, a wrist, an elbow, an did not desire to institute open it was announced yesterday; have arm and a shoulderbone, and he MRS. MOODY right to do so indepen- to tram for the British Davis Cup handicap him seriously.
tournaments, but wished to re-invited the following six players fears that a further injury might gain the dent of a Federation veto. NOT A SURPRISE
LIKELY TO PLAY
IN SINGLES
CALIFORNIANS DOMINATE U.S. TEAM
(By A. WALLIS MYERS)
sion
team: D. W. Butler, E. J. Filby, C. M. Jones, D. Macphail, R. Shayes, and F. H. D. Wilde.
new
2
13 Welsh Caps
The result of the Paris discus
will surprise nobody. The With the exception of Wilde,]
Jones has played 13 times for case for the open tournament in who played in the international Wales against England, Scotland theory plausible enough and, on a team championship for the first and Ireland in 1934, 1985, 1936 and golfing analogy, no doubt appealing time last year, all are
to 1938 and against the All Blacks in to the average spectator had been Davis Cup play. Macphail is 1936. He was captain in all three weakened, if not destroyed, by the Scot, Butler comes. from Worces-matches this season. attitude of the leading profession-tershire; the rest
He played for Cambridge against. from the Metropolitan area. Oxford in 1933, 1934 and 1935, and The two most skilful, F. J. Perry Four choices will be made for is among the most brilliant of and Ellsworth Vines, both recent the first-round
match against present-day players. winners at Wimbledon, had declined Rumania, to be decided early in
als.
to compete in the French profes-May. London, March 25.
sional championship last year on The American Wightman Cup the ground that, for financial rea- team is now officially announced.
sons, they were more concerned and its composition emphasises with exhibition touring. They did the dominating part played by not apparently seek competition California in representative mat- with other professionals.
ches. Of the six women nominat-
are players
WHITE CITY ATHLETICS
White City, London Saturday. The British Amateur Athletic As- Association's ten mile walk has There is; in short, among the been won by Mikaelson, of Sweden, ed five come, like J. D. Budge, professionals no organisation at the holder, in 51 minutes 48 1-5 from the Westa marked tribute present which can command the al-seconds. Hedberg, also of Sweden, to the climatic virtues and all-legiance of all those in the first the-year-round facilities for play fight and
ensure that all would on the Pacific coast.
compete at a tournament even The invading team will con- among themselves.
tain two past Wimbledon cham- pions Mrs. Moody and Miss Jacobs; the 1936 champion of
CONGESTED PROGRAMMES
was second in 33 mins 23 secs, while J. G. Coleman, of England, was third in 53 mins. 36 secs.
ST. ANDREW'S LADIES'
XI FOR TO-MORROW
The following will represent St. Andrew's in the Brawn Cup re-play against the C.B.S. "B" to-morrow at 5 p.m. sharp:
The ten mile running race was won by Draper, of Hinckley, in 52 J. Hall; H. Broadbridge, E. Chang;
minutes 40 2-5 secs. Palmer, of P. Lawson, M. Roza, B. Greaves; V.
SCOTTISH CUP REPLAY,
GYMKHANA POSTPONED
the United States, Miss Marble; Another factor no doubt influen-Mitcham was second, and Penny, of Chura, Y. Ho, M. Churn, S. Roberts Miss Dorothy Bundy, the recent cing the Federation vote is the the Belgrave Harriers third-Reu-and D. Hall. winner of the Australian cham-already congested programme ofter.
and pionship at Adelaide
a tournaments and matches arranged daughter of another Wimbledon for amateurs. There are virtually winner; Mrs. Fabyan, the only no available dates for extraneous
The gymkhana arranged by the Easterner, who holds the Ameri-meetings, and there has been no The final of the Scottish Cup be-Kowloon Riding School for yester- can Doubles championship with expressed desire on the part of the tween East Fife and Kilmarnock, day afternoon, was postponed be- Miss Marble; and Miss Gracyn amateurs that these should be will be replayed at Hampden Park cause of the heavy rain. It is Wheeler, now touring on the Con- found.
on Wednesday, April 27, kicking hoped to hold it at 2.30 p.m. next tinent, where she won the South Over the dangers and dis-off at 6.30 p.m-Reuter,
Saturday. of France title at Nice last month. advantages of creating open tourna-
Truly a talented team, from ments, especially a chain of them. which the captain, because of its such as the Indian proposal, if riches, may find it embarrassing to adopted, would have involved, the make 2 selection for the seven British and American authorities matches at Wimbledon.
are-in unison. *
Their only difference is that the Americans do not like being in- structed from Paris, they wish to have an option which they can exercise--at present against the
ALSO FOR SINGLES?
Officially Miss Marble and Miss Jacobs are No. 1 and No. 2 respec- tively in the American ranking; but “open." it may be assumed that Mrs. Moody,
if she reveals her form of two years
ago, will undertake two of the and she may very well pair with major singles. She has not been Mrs. Moody or Miss Jacobs.
On paper, at any rate, it is the beaten at Wimbledon since she first
strongest women's team America won the championship in 1927.
The constitution of the two has ever sent across the Atlantic, doubles pairs may, of course, in-and no doubt it expects to defend fuence the choice in singles. Miss the Wightman Cup successfully.
That confidence may well inspire Marble and Mrs. Fabyan, the pre-
sent champions, are certain to be its British challengers and make one of the couples. The other com- them all the keener to disturb cal- bination will include Miss Bundy, culations,
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