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SENSATIONS
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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1961.
Spectators get up to go; reporters put the finishing touches to their stories. It was all over bar the shouting, Then came.....
TENNIS'S GREATEST SURPRISE
Two sets up,
only three
points from victory
on
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yet he lost!
The most famous victory in the history of lawn tennis was
achieved
Wimbledon's Centre Court in 1927, when William Tatom Tilden (United States) and Henri Cochet (France) met in the semi-final of the men's singles cham- pionship.
From the beginning it had promised to be a thrilling classic— a match of intriguing contrasts between a tall, powerful and purposeful American and a little, wiry, casual-looking French star. It also promoted two questions:
Could "Big Bill" Tilden, world | Ameriran champion In xxx The linesman WDS Hunri Champion for the pust Blx years. | years.
Cochet. make a Miccessful return to Then in the American Cham- Wimbledon where he had been pionships of 1926, Big BB. U.S. the Arst American to trianiph chainlin since 1820, was In 1921 Or was he now, the age of 34, well past hir prime as many saggister]"
at
brought down again-This me by Cocket, who had been advised by neuste to stand in clove receive Tikien's eyelonle service
The world's greatest Cochete their quarter-final
maleh 0-3, 6-1, 6-3, 1-6, 8-8.
He was the greatest player. Thy lonky Philadelphian was the world had ever seen- | ruttied by those defeats. For the strang. lithe, with all the Rest time, his world champions ¦ strokes and a Pannonball ship status was threatened. He
service thined at 124 m.p.h.
But there were signs that the era of Wilder the Terrible" was drawing to a etuse. A noe fore hadt, emerged work teni the "Four Musketrer" uf France - Jean Borotra, Jarepues Brugnon. Henri Coetuet anl Ilene Lacoste,
In & 1926 Davis Cup rubber. poker-faced Lacoste hail become the
bout the
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By ALL-ROUNDER
Arthur
WHO IS SECOND? Every-
knows that body
player-manager Rowley, Shrewbury Town, and formerly of Leicester City, Fulham and West Bromwich
mute
Albion, hus scored
any goals than other current League per- former. He has a total of 380 and threatens to break all re- after ዝኒ cords, especially
opening of the senson "hat riek galu Port Vale, But who Her second la the goal-
Is The answer scoring table?
Inter- Allen, English Hennle malional, just transferred from West Bromwich to Crystal Polsce. He bas 243 10 credit,
his
WHERE DO THEY GO?— Where du good footballers go
of
in their declining years? A lot them evidently land at Rugby. There, new manager Erie Houghton-ex-Aston Villa as induced Peter Murphy from Birmingham City. Wally Hazelden from Aston Villa and Chick Thomson from Notts Forest to join the local Town side in the Southern League. Yet it was only in 1950 arki 1859 respectively that Murphy and Thomson were in Cup Final teams, while Mr Hough- son blmselt proudly fed out Vile on to the Wembley turf in 1957. How times-and fortune- quickly chungol
He
опо
CHANGED HIS MIND.--Blil Alley. The Australian all- rounder, who is having such a wonderful season with Somerset this summer, has changed his mind about returning to Aus- trella this winter for good. is going to have at least more featVI with the counly. which is disappointment to Color and severni other Lan cashire League club. They were going to try and persuade him to return to Lancashire in- stead Australio. Alley ភេន passed the 2,000 runs märk for Somerset und hit right een- juries so far,
THE WRONG TIME. A chutch cincit may have been responsible for Denton 91 Lawrence's defeat by Stand and their clipping to second place in the Lancashire and Chesire Cricket League. Indeed, it may cost them the Championship: St Lawrence's were only one run short of Stand's 137 total with two wickets to fail. With time running out skipper Peter Walker glanced at the pavilion elock and decided to have a as there were only secunde to spare, He lost bla wicket, found thei the clock was two minules fast, that there WON time for bother over and then nd the mortineation of seeing No. 11 batemats olean bowled
flocked that he must return to ¦ Europe after a six-year absence and give these French upstarts a healing on their home ground.
Court was packed
t
the few
Imagine, then. the puville exitement when these two rivals came face to face Wimbledon semi-finis weeks later. The centre currt was packed for the Duvlt und!
Tilden was favoured to win.
Goliath battle--and inevitably.
Cochet forged ahead
The American aimed to give Cortet the severest, benting of blasted the his career. He young man from Lyans no mer- first set 6-2. ellessly tat he captured the in the second set, Cochet took an early ball against service with some success, but still he was overshuulowed by
So, in 1827, he stormed back | the American giant who now lyri
to Europe and promptly slommed 6-2, 644. 26-year-old
Cachet with 41
the
The third sel followed same pattern. Desperately, the Frenchinan rished the net in
| straight-sets win (9-7, 6-3, 6-2,) in the French Championships b Paris. In the final, however, he was detented again by Lacoste after having had one match immaculate Controlled power. pink.
| an effort to break the American's
But his task seemed hopeless.
| Tilden, in uncompromising mood,
This was an especially bitterswept through one game after defent, for Tliden was leading another until he now led 6-2, 6-4, D-8 in the Arth set when he S-1 and 16-al. drove in what appeared to be match-winuing thunder- bolt. But a player who was acting as nesman called it a
4
fault,
Four D. Jones BY MADDOCKS
FERDINAND
NANCY
DOC---I WANT A PHYSICAL
EXAM
W
were
At this stage, reporters Birendy preparing storles DC # devastating Tilden victuey ar apreintors were Altering away
WORDS CANNOT
THINK OF YOUR MOST DIABOLICAL ACTION, JONES
DESCRIBE WHAT
BUSMMILLEË
I WAS UNDER A SPELL
TOO
RIGHT, MATE.
I AM IN CHARGE.
AGAIN
CHECK MY
HEART,
BLOOD
PRESSURE, NERVES---
THE WORKS
BRICK BRADFORD
"THE CAR WITH
GARVIÐ IN IT CRASHED)
MOVE DOWN THE CORIUDOR, BEICKÉ IP WI GIT IN A TIGHT" SPOT_TRIJOT
GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME WHAT A COLD MORNING IT 15
ON YES
HEH,HEH- GOING
IN THE
ARMY ?
You're COMMITTED TO THE MISSION) NOW! WELL Gỗ ALONG, WITH,
You
The Frenchman played like a man Inspired.
from the Centre Court towards the refreshment bars. it was all uver bar the shouting.
Or so it seemed.
But then the most incredible reversal in lawn tennis history
beran.
Cochet won the next point, the next, and the next o became 2-5 down in fle third sei. Possibly going all out for a "grandstand
Tiden Anish,"
SOMEONE'S
GOOD GOOD
MORNING, CULTURE
COMING
NO--GOING
TO THE *MOVIES
HOLD UP RIGHT Here FOR A MINUTE! MOST OF THE MEN ARE RUNNING TO
THE CRASH SCENE
IT MUST
DE THE KEEPER
OF THE GALLERY
FOILED AGAIN!
By Mik
By Ernie Bushmiller
NOW SHOWING HORROR FILM
.NURSE IN ATTENDANCE
NOT FOR
THE
WEAK
IT AT
SEE
YOUR
AND
OWN
TIMID
RISK
IT'S CLEAR/
NOW WE'LL
GOT TO GENLENDAR AND REX RAIN-
TRES FOLLOW
ME!
By Paul Norrla
I HOPE THEY ARE STILL IN THIS
AREA
By FRANK WRIGHT
of
blasted away at klä" opponent's ↑ seemingly impossible and lis, lott And everything to gain, services--and hit them well over victory brought all the Centre while Tiklen, the colossus the baseline. But what dia 11 | Court · fans 10 their feel, tenals, Was irt the reverso matter? He buch ไฟ ยพ applauding more Jourlty than position. tremendous service to follow. ever before.
# short Cochet
Track the
Yet the American lost the next i And Tliden? The living psychological advantage which game to love....another love logend of lawn tennis lay so ofteh proves decisive In ihla game....and still another. | pathetically on the ground nerve - rarking, individualistle Amazingly Cochel wen 17 points "having fallen in a hopeless effort)| game of lawn tennis.
in pureession, took the third sel ไป retrieva Cochet's match-4 7-5, and went ahead 4-2 in the fourth.
Tilden's deadly securacy op- peared to have suddenly deserlest
winning cross-court drive.
Still a mystery
him. His strokes looked hurrled, Why did Tiden luse? Did his
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his footwork clumsy. Refreshed | early supremacy cause him sub- by jugs of water which he consciously to relax a fatal poured over his head, he levelled bing against a time opportunist the score
at futr-all-but only like Cochet? Or did he at last with some desperate hit-or-fack the stamina for a
lsa drives,
struggle?
Meanwhile, Cochet was galı-
Ing confidence and mastory with every stroke. He played like a mon Inspired to take the next twu gamien, winning the set 0-4. and making it two-sets all,
All in vain
in the fifth and inal set, Blg
By ARCHIE QUICK
The mystery remains. After their marathon battle, the American declared that Cochel "deserves the gresiest credit for his anfalling courage and his quickness in selaing his
Not only ms come from chance."
But he claimed that Auzi; flere is plenty of coffice It was not the Frenchman who al a new brand has been won the malch. "It was I who
named Pele after the country's Tosi 11.**
famous International Inside-left. This remark would seem autong an Pele, invigorating as The slogan is "Dark as Pele, the redoubtable Pele-the Pride of Brazil'
to
Bil went through his entire repertoire of strokes, Including three types of service the fat injustico cannonball, the fast slive, and Frenchman who usually rose to the American twist. He even the greatest heights in face uf tried chopping and lobbing in overwhelming odds. He proyed strange contrast to his usual is in the Wimbledon final twn hard driving game. But all in days later when he gained a
Ave-sel vain.
victory uver Jean Borotri-after being 2-0 down He could find no way to in the Anal set and saving six break the Frenchmen's perfect match points. rhythm and exay langith of
Brazilian President Dr Janjo Quadros wants to prevent the Beetmutation of League xtures
playing games every 72 beurs. The clubs disagree be cause they want to get the Over even
strokes. Cosbet had no great Cochet explained his win this | League programine Kervice, na powerful back-way: "I had the feeling that the faster than that so that they hand, and yet, strangeir, he result was being influenced by can embark on profi-making dominated.
forces mysterious yet real, which | overseas tours! were operating in my
His anticipation was uncanny, and he used his wonderful smash, Inebive volley and superh forehand with deadly effect."
favour.
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1 invoked these feelings whlic Tiden feared them."
Selection for International duty is not And there we probably live because the players get higher popular in Chile the solution to the extraordinary premiums and bonuses playing
After trailing 2-3, Cochet was reversal at 1927 Wimbledon. for their clubs. The clubs are
never in trouble. He was fresher | The Frenchman had Hitle to and more relaxed. He became the first player dominate the big American from the net. And he won the next four games in a row.
Game, set and match to Cochel -- 2-6, 4-0, 7-3, 0-4, 6-8. The Frenchman had achieved the
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