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LAWN TENNIS CONTROL.
RULERS AND PLAYERS.
CANDID COMMENTS,
(By A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT IN "THE OSADEVER."]
SCOTTISH SPORT.
EXCITING CUP FINAL.
CELTIC BEAT DUNDEE
[FROM OUR SEX CORRESPONDENT. ]
Epic. April 15th.
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With the growth of lawn tennis to
At Hampden Park Glasgow, Celtio WITH be one of the greatest national games, added to their unexampled list of fout- und certainly the most widespread ball records by winning the Scottish Cup internationally, "growing pains" are for the eleventh time. Two years pre- anevitable. At the Maine time, Weviously the Parkhead Chib equalled need to face the fact that in the last Queen's Park's achievement of ten year or two a continual series of un-
successes in the national competition, Celtic won by 2 goals to lin
a game that was more exciting than skilful, though. even in "the latter respect it was equal to any Cup final since the war.
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pleasant disclosures and small scandals have left an uneasy feeling in the public mind that some more deepstated troubles lies at the root, Wherever the X-rays of publicity have been turned on to the in the early stages butpointed the more- internal condition of the game, fresh fancied Celtic, the resolute and tireless traces of organic discuse have been dis- half-back play of the Eastern team des- closed. Countless petty incidents on the troying every attempt of the Celtic for- courts, breaches of sportsmanship,wards to form their customary combined rumours of veiled professionalism, hava attack. Dundee's inside forwards work- ed attractively and effectively, and after sombined to make the followers of other repented assaults the Celtic goal fell to amateur sports look askance at lawn a fine shot from 'Lean, the Dundee in- Perhaps the sensational Press side right, half an hour after the start of Tennis.
the play. For the, remainder of the first may have magnified out of proportion, half the fortunes of the game fluctuated, and sometimes without warranty in fact, but generally the defences were domin incidents such as spring from the highly-ant, and, though both goalkeepers were repeatedly in action, the tactics of the strung, temperament of Summe backs and their successful tackling in. Länglen. The supreme woman player of variably compelled the forwards to shoot the day, indeed of the game's history, from long and comparatively safe range. is wholly artist and wholly feminine, at the interval Dundee, all things cua Sarah Bernhardt of the courts. Like sidered. had earned an advantage which, Tilden. who has told us that the historia from the course the game had run, many and tradition-filled atmosphere of the considered them capable of retaining to Wbledon Centre Court inspired him the end. Celtic undoubtedly had not to reach heights previously unscaled by found their game, and traces of anxiety any foreign invader, Mlle. Lenglen were visible amongst their players. The responds as does an actress of genius serond half was responsible for a contest in the electric current generated by a that has rarely been equalled for thrills Celtic immediately set packed and tense audience with xcitement. any great artist keyed up for the mo- up a fierce attack on Dundee's goal which mens temperamental outburstal
for the opening fifteen minutes was be Dundee's delence stood firm and turn. If such occasional scenes provide an argument for those who deplore the deed Britton, the "goalkeeper, saved his charge time and again in remarkable intrusion of women in sport, they are more human, more forgivable than the fashion, and the crowd seethed with es- practice of point-snatching-by browbeat-citement as Celte made frantic efforts to ing or hoodwinking, au umpire sin get the goal that would at least save against the spirit of sport which is to the game. The Dundee attack was prae- tically held up. occasional but fruitless unknown on English courts
dashes by their centre forward. Halliday, But far worse still for the good name and inside forward, M'Lean, being the of lawn tennis are the rumours only variation. In 20 minutes Celtic got that 'float' around that So-and-so the goal that always, seemed imminent,
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of racket Gallagher crowning a daring and devious manufacturers, that somebody elseit of play by, throwing himself bodily will only play as tournaments where into the net and carrying the ball with "X's" balls are used, that aunther player him. The loss of the goal adversely pays no entry fees at Slocombe in the affected the overwrought Dundee team Mud Tournament, or, again, the oft-re practically all of whom had been com peated query. How dues" Blank," who pelled to the role of defenders, and four is known to have neither business per minutes from the end M'Grory, the Celtic private income, manage to spend his centre. following a free kick, cleverly whole time playing at tournament after headed the winning goal. tournament staying always at the brat hotels
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WIDESPREAD UNREST.
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CRITICAL STAGES IN THE LEAGLE.
A keen struggle still goes on at the top and bottom of the League. In the middle of last week Airdrieonians met with a surprising defeat at Paisley and thus endangered their chance of the Championship, as the Rangers tram gces
tearte remain the only ones in the run- ning. Nothing is yet definitely decided
to the clabs which will go to the Second Division.
To all these disquieting internal synp tomas is added the glaring external fact of The loss of our lava tennis laurels that this country, the author and founder of the game, has sunk to a second-rate pesion steadily adding win to win. These two tiou among the tennis-playing bations. Further, instead of a combined and inspiring national effort to regain ear former asendancy, and at the same time to cleanse the game of its doubtful ele- metts, we have the spectacle of constant bickering between the authorities and the players. Everywhere one goes in lawostronis circles there in widespread unrest and dissatisfaction with the con- trol and guidance of the game, and such festering sores are far more unbonlthy than an open wound.
Dundee United is practically certain of promotion from junior to senior runk. This will give Dundee two clubs in the First Division of the Lengue next seasou.
By the L.T.A rule, only. teams repre- senting a club or organisation can re- ceive expenses or hospitality, subject to sanction having been obtained. Now! this match was a return for one already
The health of lawn fuis is no longer a domestic matter to be discussed and treated by a small elique of old-time played in London, where the French In recent years the game numbers its feam had been the guests of the Drive followers in hundreds of thousands, every Ciah and put up at a cost of £110 at fon and village in the country has its the Picendilly Hotel. The return match club or mucicipal courts. The authori was arranged by the secretaries of the ties, more or less self-appointed, must awake to the fact that they are no longer respective clubs, and it was poly a day or two before the event that, owing to in the position of parents exercising un-
a disagreement over the composition of disputed control over their dwn offspring the term, it was styled Mr. Belmore's but are merely trusters, holding their instead of the Drive Club team. Mr. olhee at the will of the publie, whom Helmore very naturally felt that to aban- they must take into their confidence and on the match at the last moment, when to whom they must rider account of the French End advertised it and made their stewardship. The patriarchal att arrangements, would be most harm- tituth is out of date and in disrepute. ful to international amity. There is Can they reform themselves? and, if they also justice in his contention that, as
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