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THE CONNOLLY CIRCUS' HAS A WIMBLEDON PLAN
By FRED
FRED PERRY
Maureen Connolly, U.S. Tennis Champion, arrives in, London on May 20, complete with entourage—it is quite an entourage, too.
In addition to her mother, her coach, Eleanor, Tennant, comes with her to` supervise practice and training in this country.
and!
MATCH 3-2
ON THE RECORD BRITAIN WINS Woodpushers Now DAVIS CUP See The Seconds Ticking By
My old friend "Woodpusher," Hotel boys would resign them- whose identity will be guessed at selves to yet another late night. with some casa by the Colony's chess players, sums up-on the participants in the Colony Chess Championship in a neighbouring
column.
It was an age when kibitzers hung about till two o'clock in the morning and they were often awarded with some of the best witticisms that snap out of a mind suddenly released from deep concentration.
Louise Brough, former Wimbledon Champion, is also coming to partner her in doubles and give assistance when necessary.
Miss Connolly who, at 1%, summer, is on concrete
She will also have the tourna flashed like a meteor access the clay courts, so she needs all ment knowledge of Louise lawn tennis skies, Wos the the grass court practice she can Brough In doubles and at all On the new Colony Champion, United States championship last get.
Himes perhaps even most im-G. S. Coxhend, he comments September. Since then little Hence their refusal to parti- partant-Miss
Tencent's
vast that an ability not to fall asleep has been heard of her activi cipate in the French chempion-store of knowledge.
won him the title. Karel Weiss, There was the oorly morning tles, for she has been polishing ships, which are played OFT This is perhaps the most he reminds us, is a romantic) (2 or 3 a.m.?)when the smoke of up the weaker points of her hard courts even though the well-organised assault on the player often at his best in burning cigarettes had sown game.
French title is one of the major Wimbledon championship that devilishly complicated positions. thick fog about the room and Karel Welsa, some thought, would has eve been launched," It will winter Miss anes cf the world. Through the
be interesting to see if it pays
take either his shirt or his socks Tennant has been working on
the dividends expected.
off ne hor prodigy's volleying, phase of her game which was unsatisfactory during the Championships.
US
Let us examine some of the preparations which have been made. She is arriving a moạth What a for ory from the pre- ahead of time. She is going parations made for Miss Con- direct to Surbiton (Surrey) anally, not only in England, but in tournament her famer years in the United In order to achieve this, Mia week before their Tennant enlisted the services of starts, in order to get acclima- States, are those afforded Bri
practice onta's Juniors, Alice Marble, former Wimble-lised and get dan champion. She and Louise grass, Brough worked all through the winter with Maureen under the watchful eye of Miss Tennant.
Every move Maureen mode or and off the court was super- vised; every practice sersion was held with a definite object in view. Even her trip to Eng-
The curls at Surbiton arc very good, but at this time of year bad weather 15 always is nothing likely, and there more difficult than trying to play good tennis on a wet or sicky grass cour?,
are great
Bad conditions land this year is part of a well-tevellers in tennis, and a scram- laid plan, and her preparations bling, mediocre player can
for her assault on the Wimblften beat a good player. So don title are equally. well Maureen Connolly is getting on thought out.
ONE OBJECT
She is coming to England with one object-lo win the women's singles at Wimbledon first attempt.
to grass as soon as possible so Ishe may be prepared for any
kind of conditions.
Further advices have been received by the committee of
nt her the Surbiton tournament that
to
(London Expeasa Service)
These comments call for further comment as it is just about meet and right that mention be made of the great games that Geoffrey Coxhead and Karel Weiss played each other, in the era before the war. situation to become so devilishly complicated that the Peninsula
It was not uncommon for the
GEOFFREY COXHEAD IS THE NEW
NEW COLONY
CHESS CHAMPION
By “WOODPUSHER”
Geoffrey S. Coxhend has won the Colony Open Chess they must have a plentiful Bo Championship this year from a field of eight. Though Nothing is to be allowed to ply of good men players Interfere with that goal, She that they can be used in prac-starting badly with a half point only at the end of the is not playing in the French tice. In this way it gives Mou-
first two rounds, when he drew with Johnny Carvalho isreen plenty of opportvilty Wimbledon championship. played op-gross, and all Muu- play against power and variety Pfter being a piece up and lost to Leon Schure, he won reen Connelly's experience, ex- and she will be able to prae- the remaining five rounds consecutively to carry off the cept for a few weeks in thetise longer.
trophy. His most interesting game was that against Karel Weiss in the sixth round.
Hongkong's Badminton Fans May Not Have Another Such Chance
By "ARGONAUT”
The next challenge tle or final round of the Thomas Cup International Badminton Final may not be held in Malaya even though Malaya should retain the title at this year's final scheduled to be played at Singapore on May 31 and June 1.
In a circular by the International Badminton Federa- tion a proposal was made that a discussion be held on the regulation that the holders of the Thomas Cup should continue to defend the title in their own country until defeated.
s
A
next. Glasses and coffee cups were piled high on the adjoining tables and the ashtrays were heaped high with codden clgarette onda,
Belgrade, May 19. Britain beat Yugoslavia by three rubbers to two in their second round tle of the Davis Cup European Zone' today and will meet Italy In the next stage.
Geoff Palph was unable to play for Britain today because of an injured ankle sustained on Saturday and his place was taken by young Roger Backer, who thereby made his debut in Davis Cup play,
He was beaten in the day's first Singles after វា hard struggle but Tony Mottram won the decider to give Britain their pass into the next round.
Each sklo had won a Singles Britain look on Saturday ond the Double yesterday,
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Today's results were: Vladimer - Pelrovich (Yugo- and Car Kits, Cement and
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Out of the corner of his eyeslavia) beat Roger Becker (Dri- that great warrior, Karel, espied tain) 6-1, 2-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, anu ac of the Hotel boys furtively Tony Mottram (Britain) beat sneaking into the room.
Joset Pallada (Yugoslavia) 6-3, 7-5, 0-2.
"WATER! WATER!" cried Kurel,
Young Geoffrey Coxhead-that was a good 12 years ago-lighted one more cigarette and gave his opponent д усгу long and penetrating look.
"You don't mind my asking." he ventured. "But do you want to drink that water or would you rather have it. thrown over you?"
for
The woodpushers of that ern were a romantic lot. There was that giant Estonian, the late many Alexander Kurrik,
Club, n years Secretary of the man who invariably started the a Latin quotation. In with
situation he would and it was
п
gress'
mutter to himself
interesting to whether it would be in Estonian, German, Greek or Latin that he would finally announce to him- self that he had made up his The_complete_result_is_ ax games has been full of fire and
smoke, storming, through-com-ever did that
mind.
1............ Curiously ... enough, he.
In English or plicated positions and skirting 5% points deeply luld traps, His thirst Russian, the two other languages
follows:
G. S. Coxhead
L. Schure
S. B. Kho
for trying out new ideas in chess moltes his
In- games
on'd is teresting to watch
#
he spoke.
Then there was the late C. M.
source of never-ending interest Sequeira, who gave up chess for
J. P. Carvalho
414
3%
ta kibitzees,
211⁄2
Leon
K. Weiss
J. B. Laing
R. C. Dancaberg
Dr. G. A. Vellict. 0.
NEVER NAPPING
and
last Schure,
year's Champion, plays Colony beautiful all round game gives the impression of sccing A new chess champlon of all possibilities when in form. the old guard, Geoffrey Cox-With the white pieces he plays berd is on experienced and
his favourite English Opening His play on able player.
the with originality and skill, whole is sound. He treats the opening with curo and
There are few chinks in the patience, the middle game with amour of this strong player as imagination and alertness, and he pays equal attention to his only in the ending can one find wings and centre. His game is a little room.ter improvement, always aggressive anti
daring but at times uneven and this largely depen- His success
spoiled his score on some 00- be dent on his ability not to casions. caught napping. He opens with the king's pawn when
cf
CUT-AND-TIIMUST
than
only
of
some years after having ecourud his house from nttle to cellar in the dead of night in search of an intruder. He loved to tell the story. He had awakened in the early hours of the morning the with the feeling that there was somerous search, that there was amias. Finding, after thorough in the house, he lay no burglar down again and got his analytic mind working on the problem or what had made him get up. In a flash be hind put two and two together. He had dreamt that
a
he was under check.
Playing at Lausanne, Argen- tina completed the rout of Switzerland In their second round European Zone Davis Cup lie when they won the two Te- maining singles for a 5-0 win,
In
Argentina meels France the next round.
In today's matches Salvador. Soriano beat Paul Blondell. 6-2, 6-2, 6-2, and Alejó Russell de- feated Jost Splizer 6-2, 4-8, 6-2, 6-1-Reuter.
French Horses
Lead In Derby Callover
London, May-19.- French horses continue to head the
the botting on Epsom
British Derby, classic race being run May 28.
on
At the Victoria Club callover here tonight five of the first six horses called were French.
Silnet is now clear favourite at seven to one, with his stable companion, Thunderhead, beaten In the French 2,000, Guiness nj Longchamps yesterday, now at 10 to one.
to one.
At the previous callover they were joint favourites.
Silnet, M. Paul Boussac's Argur (he also owns Sinet), third best at 100 to nine, and the American-owned but French-trained horse Worden II. were all backed to win £14,000.
Who remembers that great little Filipino, the late Joe Grefalda, guerilla service of supply type in the late war, who would stukk
The Aga Khan's Tulyar, the up eight boards with the current
British-trained Coxhead-Weiss first
runner position in the
tind quoted, was also brightly backed championship simultaneously
in a fairly busy session. After eight crushing rejoinders and stand back and being supported to win £18,000 admire the vast possibilitles of
Tulyar closed fourth favourite chess,
at 100 to seven.
game,
white Schure produced more and prefers a lively and open his share of fino games in this game which makes for in-tournament and was the foresting chess, Noteworthy player to take a full point It has been suggested that a ruling
the Ilkelihood
of among Coxhead's previous per Coxhent. change be made in this ruling future genorul
and formances is his winning interest to
provide that
nation participation any
in the Internah City of Bembry Cham- which shall win the Thomas tional Badminton Championship pionship in 1935. Cup on foreign courts shall be being adversely affected if the The runner-up, Johnny Car-
Karel Weiss, a cut-and-thrust entitled to defend it in the next Thomas Cup were to be retained valho, is in common opinion a player with a very combina- And the late P, A. Yvtnovich, competition in its own country, for long periods by one nation profound and brillant player.
tive mind, did not do well in the man who liked to follow up as at present, but that if the owing to the difficulty on the He gives detailed attention to this tournament. He is a very his chess with a talk fest over -same nation be then again sue- part of certain other national bath combination and positional remantle player and one often curry and sarte. When there
next challenge tie cessful the
sees him at his best in devilish was a twinkle in Mr Yvanovich's organisations to continue to send play. His game has come shall take place in some other their best teams half way round very greatly and is likely to ly complicated positions. He is country to be determined by the the world to challenge for it.
improve still further.
at all times a most dangerous eye, that spelled doom for his ppponents. Never a Champion, Committee of Management.
he had about THE REASONS
him a way of opponent.
pushing the wood into some of the most curious tropping One reason
advanced for the necessity
change
He is among the most ortho- positions and when the twinkle the trap would start tlex of players in Hongkong but came
sometimes unsettled by now closing. Ideas. A great expert on open-
of this
FILIPINO CLUB BOWLS TEAMS
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Bu-
The following will represent the 'Filipino Club in Lawn Bowls League matches morrow at 5.30 p.m.
2nd: Division (Home) VS IC AR. Basn (Skip). H. V.A. Ribeiro, W. F. Chang, Silya (Skip), Hunt, H.S. Remedios, C.A Coelho (Ship),
J. 2.
D.A.
Another possible reason, though
on
His target is to capture the
1038
his
not advanced officially, is the trophy which was won by his tremendous climatle advantage father consecutively in
she and 1939. Every enjoyed by Malaya should
one of continue to retain the tile.
This suggestion will be fully discussed at the General Meeting of the Council of the Inter- national Badminton Federation on July 2, and the possibility
change of this ruling is there.
For the Hongkong contingent of nocut 20 players and enthu- slasts who will be visiting Malaya to witness the semi-final and final round of this year's final, what may prove to be a golden cpportunity has been seized.
Wales Arranges More Soccer Internationals
Cardiff, May 10.
1
Ray Danenberg, the Club Champlon, was badly oft forms.
ings, he plays with great ac-
or
That great eru, when a chess and if evening started at six o'clock curacy and precision,
on better and lasted to two in the morning nly he could be terms with his clock he would is gone. The atomic age has be a difficult man to beat. finally caught up with Hong- kong's chess world. Today there the newcomeru, 3. B.
are clocks ticking all over the Laing shows promise if he will place, the ashtrays never pile up study the game more. His vic-like they did and the Peninsula Wales have arranged inter-¦ 1:ries over both Johnny Car-Hotel doesn't have to stockpile reason wills. France in Paris on current leuament offer an in-thirst assuaged. national soccer matches next valho and Karel Weiss in the oranges to keep Karol Weiss's May 14 and with Yugoslavia indication of his abilities. In view of the proximity of Belgrade on May 21.
Chess players today are an S. B. Kho also did exceed orderly lot and, the game over,. F.G:
da Luz, S. Castro, J.Malaya to Hongkong, the collec-
They may also play a matchingly well and we can
expect they trek home tion of the world's top ranking W. Lee.
time for this dinner. No 3rd. Division
curry shop In (Home)) vs shutters of at least four nations early in the season against the greater opposition from
Indian footballers who
sease. are player in the coming "Rocrelo M.T. Nunes (Skip), in Malaya will also present to taking part in the
Kowloon has a table reserved for for Olymple to was responsible the them to walk in to five minutes. HA, Ribeiro, L.A. Peres, A.the
Arst upset of the tournament W. Mehal, V. A. Naves (Sklo), Association an opportunity that
when he defeated Leon Schure, WA. Palmer, C.M. Castilho, that of inviting them to ciatlon gated today that they will probably never come again The Welsh Football Ag30- M.H.
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Two British-trained outsiders, Postman's Path and Chavey Down, attracted general bld wagers at lang odds. Chavey Down, winner of the Newmarket Stakes last week, was reported to have been backed to win
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THE BETTING
Prices on offer at the end of the sesalon were: »
7 to 1 Silnet.
10 to 1 Thunderhead II.
100 to 8 Argur,
100 to 7 Tulyar.
100 to 6 Worden II.
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33 OF 69 STARTERS LEFT IN
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MOROCCO AUTO RALLY
Casablanca, May 19.
Only 33 of the 69 starters were still in the Morocco' Automobile Rally after the first stage of 2,570 kilometres to Colomb Bechar today.
Giro d'Italia
Antonlo
Siena, Italy, May 10.
Bevilcqua (Italy)
Among cars with no penalty marks
Mercedes were iwo are expected to prova the stars of the Rally.
which
an
Heyden Bruckner, driving one of them, registered an average speed of 03.03 kilometres marathon 20-day diro D'Italia was considered remarkable be-
cause of the state of some of. the roads.
yesterday md thereby clinched Cockell and Randy Turpin, for (Round Italy) cycle race. Kork, won the Yonkers Marathon bout between Champion Don won the third Inp today of the hour over the first stage which a spot for himself on the Unitedmer World Middleweight Cham-
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Dyrgall, who won this event two years ago and was the first American to finish in the Boston Marathon this year, won the 20- mile, 385-yard grind after taking the Jond at the 21mde mark. He was, timed in two hours .38 minutes and 20.4 seconds.Asso
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Dame
Pompec. and Slade came into prominence on the
on t light show in
London Pompee knocked
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