THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1959.
LET'S STOP THIS HYPOCRISY IN TENNIS Setback For U.S.
Jack Kramer Answers Some
Candid Questions By Sportswriter David Jack
"Big Jake" — Jack Kromer, former Wimbledon champion and now boss of the professional game — gave these frank answers to the sort of frank questions everyone interested in lawn tennis is asking. He didn't dodge one.
the
interview repled status of the world's leading amateur tennis players?
Here's how went.
Q. You
quoted were
the best auying that
es
in the world is not for monetary gain. That's Amateur
top 10 my definition, The among
world's players. Were you serious, and to tell me how would you rank the world's Wimbledon
expenses? wWN top 10 at the moment?
NOT.
A. Amateurs play for
love of the game
the and
Are you trying
top
ore
amateurs at their fying
OF COURSE
My
A. Yes, dead serlous.
10p
ten Dre Hourl Gonzales, Rosewall, Sedginan, Trabcrt. Segura, Cooper, Anderson, Rose and Hartwig. Ken McGregor and Dinny Pails are close up.
Q.
Do you visualise a les of interest in Wimbledon as more and more top stare turn professional?
Sports Arms and ment managers are
tourna- generous
on the side with expenses. I don't hold this against players, 1315 but I'm tired of all hypocrisy - such expenses
otherwise should be official,
they violate amateur status, Players must have muney and fournaments must have players, to let's be sensible about It.
Swell Job
A. I'd hate to see any less
Interest because of
The whole of the Inwas tennis pro-
founded grammes inve Wimbledon. It has always been a seli-out me matter who parti- elpates. Even if there is falling-off in players' standards. blows Wimbledon will always be the greatest, and that's all there ismer tennis by signing its
to it.
п
to Is your intention continue to attract the
Do you have any guilty feelings about the severe
have you
deall
to
Lo players?
ONLY GET WORSE because the top players won't have the chance to play the very best. Look at Olmedo he cannot Improve beyond a cor- lain palol
be ONES
starts playing inferiors,
That Climate
Q. Despite the loss of the
Davis Cup how do you explain Australia's recent dominance of world tennis when comparing the population of her country with, Boy, tho United States?
A. Well, they have a won
derful selection of play- ery beeguse tennis is the No. Kame. Cuit
Australia's population of 8,000,000 they may have 100,000 athletes and they all want to be tennis players.
SPORTING SAM
the United States play" on gross and have the advantage of a No Wimbledon foster game. player can triumph it he's the ployed on dirt although
those four French did have musketeers they were the last,
Sediman
011 W28 Eisen
if he's a grase—sounds bgree or something! —and Thaberi on clay, though he also played on cancrete and trans
England hasn't had a ahampion since Ferry and Ausila.
Mike Duvics in better than Mottram he may go far, but a tough problem in you have that awful weather of yours.
Little Chance
1
Great natural
Among the nations of the world, where would Britain rate for (u) tennis-playing ability In America the No. 1 game Is {end (b) spectator interest?
five or attract
baseball and there are six different sports lo good players,
Lew Hond is much bigger in Australia
in than Gonzales Ametics because tennis is a big- don't forget And A. My own feeling is that ger game.
all-the-year- swell job that marvellous I've done best amateurs Julu the pro- for professional tennis and I round Australian climate which La practise fessional gowns, and, if so, how don't think that's anything l
encourages boy's would you visualbe the future
Look at every day. be astioned about. of big-ime tennis (amateur or
any other sport and you'll al- professional?
ways and the must successful players are professionals.
of dealing a deathblow to the game, but I'm siniply hurting one side of ten-
is to help the other.
the attract do not A. 1
players. R's the money that does, I don't go after players in the way I used to. Once I would have flown to Wimbledon
Sedgions 122" to Traberts but not now.
been
accused
I've
The calibre of professionals Improves by leaps and bounds with belter compellon. But amateur legals? THAT CAN
He's Good
Q. What can other nations do to catch up with the Australians?
A. (a)
Britain has pro. duced few gode players beenuse of her unfavourable weather. 1 doubt if Britain 13 | in the top six or seven. You have le chance of winning the Davis Cup.
by Reg. Wootton
find it hard to buy a ticket for deplorable. a match whon in London,"
'Minor' Sport
Challenge At Henley Regatta
Henley-on-Thames, July 1.
The strong United States challenge at this year's Henley Royal Regatta received a setback on the opening day here today.
..
It came in a first-round heat; Poland's ace sculler Teodor
Mackenzia
of the Thames Cup, an event for Kocerkax was withdrawn from eights, when the experiencest the diamond sculls, leaving Thames Rowing Club of London Australia's Stuart beat a team of young Ameri with a virtual walkover in this stuxlo sculla cons from the Philips highly-ranked Accademy of Andover, Mass., event by three fect-the day's closest
London Express Service,
I'vo never ECOD
: win. Trabert get 'nind Sediaman or
robbed of A when excopt decision. Money never changed these players.
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nowed The Thames. Club with grim delerminailon to show that the Americans can be beaten-and clocked the In meat countries tennis Q.
in still treated
day's faalent time of even The only trouble I ever had "minor" sport, Could you BUẸ- with
mins 18 secs for the one mile with WOR amateur ភព legislation which gest
would Dar Ferguson
559 yards courav, Australia. of the Improve popular appeal He believes professionalism is of the game to mako 11
rturing sport. He's honest, but capable of drawing I object to his views. spectacle Fuge attendances?
A.
I'd like to change the rules to make it more of
A sudden death game. Only a real fan cart watch a match for hours. In
Top Men
Name (men)
tennta gross court I'd lake some advantage off Wimbledon? the server by pushing him back baseline or farther behind the ruling that he must bounce the ball before serving.
In
four
your top for this year's
A. Neale Fraser, of Austro- lia: Olmedo, of United States; Gimeno, of Spain; and Emerson, of Australie.
Professionals are so skiltel
decided that points are one or two strokes. If you the game, each slow down point would became a duel player from
was possible to I J create a composite super you the greatest love
the past 25 ha
nitributes in each And why years, what
department would he have?
and the fan would rel money's worth. don't wo develop standardised riastic or bre- class surface? ·
Another complaint-in Amer- ica we dislike the scoring system
the word with Love is wonderful in its place, you
deny, but sports term it is rather out of
and American Australian top players turn professional as soon as they hit the hit time. This may help Britain because it removes the strong est competliors. You alil place. have Michael Davis and he's good-really good-ym never know, he and I may have business to talk over one day.
cannot
Honest Don
Q. What
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are the biggest problems facing amateur (b) London, Melbaume andard pro tennis today? A. Courts in most countries
Paris are the three top tennis- have dirt surfaces which slow down the game and anak playing cities in the world.
for tennis it clifficult to deliver service or
Even the Australia and volley attacks.
British enthusiasm And the
A player will talk to some- one who knows me word wil be passed to me. "He's really interested, Jack." Then I get to work. But p player needs ne more than I need ma
I'll make a forecast termis will eventually be dominated by Jarge scale professhinal tourna-
ments the same way as golf. Anuiturs_____wifi_be___gonfituni to university students and the very Tick,
Don't Draw
Does the switch from amateur to professional
of so many leading tennis play- ers mean the day of an "open" tournament Is ne?
A. Professionals have be- come so busy, and are doing so well Anancially, that they're not so interested in open tounam als s they were 13 years ago. But this is a ques- flou for amateurs to answer.
Take Australja for instance. The publie are no tennis con- #cious "Down Under** thai ordinary matches no longer draw the public in the same way. They want to see the best, and you DON'T get the be by using only amateurs. Q. Do you feel there is any place in big time tennis today for the genuine amateur?
A, No. Not if the amateur
sticks strictly to tho rules. No amateur can be very good unless he's very wealthy or works for sports company. Home- Money must come from where, I STICK MY NECK OUT EVEN FURTHER AND SAY YOU CANNOT STICK TO RULES AND BE A CHAM- PION.
Be Sensible
A champion must play every day to koop in trim-and-if-ho does this he's violating the rules. I say rules must be changed.
for Work it out. yourse!!, It costs
# player twenty dollars a day in trans- portallon and expenses for. say 300 out of 385 days of the year. Did you ever hear of anyone, holding down a job for only 05 days of the year?
What is your definition of an amateur, and doc4
this bear any similarity to the
Sports Diary
TODAY
Water Polo Water Pole Commitice Myeling, Bhall Club,
Hongkang "Chinese Football Ango ciation annual menting, Ying King Restaurant, 7 pm.
Tennis
Men's "D" Division: CRC (1) ▼ JIKOCHA (1), CCC v Kčc, ché. Stanley Club. Urban Counels v LRC, KTUÇA V NAF. - PRC V PORC, EXCOSA (2) ▼ JULCC.
FOUR D. JONES
"THEY'VE GONE "AN' I'M LEFT- ALL ALONE, HEY! IF THAT'S THE SIZE OF THEIR FEET,
WHAT'S THE
REST OF EM
LIKE P
FERDINAND
NANCY
THAT RICH MAN HAS
A TINY SPORTS
CAR
•
I WONDER HOW, HE SQUEEZES INTO IT
BRICK BRADFORD
IT LOOKS LIKE A CANNON ON THE TOP OF THAT TRAIN, AND ITS DIRECTED
AT US!
GET TO YOUR BUNK, WE'LL TRY TO BLAST
OUT OF HERE
does you great credit.
A. TO
overcome
the In minds of amateur officials Idea that
pro games
aro
seen over
service. A. Gonzales1
backhand, Budge's Segura's forchand (I'm cheating a bit because Segura uses both hands), Bobby Riggs compot- ability. and technical tive Frank Sedgman's speed and Law Hoad's strength.
F'd hate to say who is the best valleyer. but right now I'd Bick Kenny Rosewall's backhand valley. Best fore- haut volley I ever saw WAN Smash Wilwar Anderson's, could belong to anybody but I'd settle for Tony Trabert's. Imagine a player with all that -wow!
Consolation
States had when
United But the plenty of consolation their other Iour entries in selion today all won their open- ing heats comfortably. Harvard University's lightweight Crew, holders of the trophy, and Union Boat Club of Boston both en- tered the second round of the Thames Cup.
Kocerkax-scratched from the event because he was delayed In Warsaw by passport di- cukles,
10
A Polishi lour, due to meet the Dutch crew Nereus in the Stewards Cup tomorrow, are ex- ported to Errive in Reuter.
ume.-
Football Pools
To Continue Using League Fixtures
Belmont High School from Belmont, Boston, and Prince- town Collage Club had easy | entries into the second round of the Wyfold Cup — a cox= | awainless Coura race at which 'The football pools coupons. American oarsmen are com- | parakively inexperienced,
Queen's University, of Belfast, vero the only other visiting crew in action today, and they enter- cd the second round of the Thames Cup.
CHESS
by LEONARD BARDEN
2
(No. 3610)
Here is a problem by V. L Enton (Oakhurst' Honio News. 1943).
White to play and mate in three moves.
London Express Servtes.
Manchester, July 1.
which millions of Britons At in each week in the winning big hope of money prizes by fore- easting results will con- tinue to use Football League fixtures next sea.
HON.
The football pools promoters and the English and Scottish football lenque agreed on this al a meeting here today.
This follows a decision of the High Court on May 13 that the English Football League's fix¬ ture list is copyright.
DETAILS
Details of the agreement will not be disclosed until some time afler July 24, after they have been given to the clubs forming the Foolbafi League, the League's pre- sident Mr Joe Richards, saki today.
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Speculation In the London Press has named £250,000" the probable sum to be asked by the Football League
from the pools promoters for the right to reproduce the fixture lists.
Spending on football pools in to Britain last year rocketed about £85,006,000,--Router.
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