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TENNIS AT WIMBLEDON
Interesting Broadcast Talk
Mr. Dennis H. Hazell gave an interesting broadcast talk last evening, his subject being "Tennis At Wimbledon." Mr. Hazal said:
HONG KONG DALY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1935.
HOME CRICKET
U.S. BASEBALL
Three More Country Decisions
Giants Trounce Phillies
London, July 4
The
Bails which are usually placed under the Umpire's chair exposed.
New York, July 3, to the sun, and inside a tin which" Although Sinfeld scored a cen- The two New York baseball attracts and keeps the heat, aretury for Gloucester, Somerset suc- teams are maintaining their leads a very different temperature, and ceeded tr" gaining a single wicket in the major leagues and to-day therefore have an entirely differ- victory on the last day of their both the Giants and Yankees won ent bounce from those in play fixture.
thair fixtures. during the previous set. There→
avold placing the new tips of balls in the sun.
Possibly many listeners have not appreciated the subtle difference In the title of the Championships at Wimbledon when compared with the International Tennis Cham-fore local Tennis Secretaries should plonships played in other coun- tries. At Wimbledon they are called the Championships. Elae- where they are reported as the French or the American Cham- pionships, or of whatever country In which they are played,
Associations are everything and we in England are justly proud of the fact that when it was suggest ed that the Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, usually acknow- ledged to be the World's Tennis Champonships, should be played In another country, the Lawn Tennis Associations and most of the players of that particular country emphatically turned down the suggestion, stating there would not be the same feeling about the Tennis Meeting if it was...moved "from 'Wimbledon which had been
the centre of Tennis for so long.
In this coarction Mrs. Wills Moody's remarks to Mr. W F Sanders when she arrived the other day at Plymouth, and was asked for her Tennis plans in England, are of interest, she re- plied:-
Seated in the Centre Court Stand, we look down on a beauti- fully cut and rolled turf like green velvet, which may be covered by special tarpaulins worked mechani- cally to completely protect it from rain during the Wimbledon fort- night.
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THE ROYAL BOX At the Southern end we see the Committee seats in a section rail- ed off on its own and this is used by The King and Queen as well as visiting Royalty or other Distin guished guests, viewing the game.
Their Majesties often pay sur- prise visits when, their duties per- mit and it is not an uncommon occurrence for Major Larcombe the Secretary of Wimbledon to receive his first notification of a surprise visit by telephone only half an hour or so before The Royal Visitors arrive. Their Ma- jesties are most particular to en- quire the state of the game and will wait out of sight on the steps "If you insist on a reason why the entrance to the Committee I have travelled something like Section until a game is finished, 4,000 miles to play at Wimble-
so that play, may not be interrupt- don. I can only tell you that Ied or the players put off their would rather play there than game whilst all stand to greet the
arrival of Their Majesties. anywhere else in the world. I do not know what I shall do On the left of the Committee afterwards, whether I win or
Section is the section allocated to lose. At the moment, all I am
Members of the All England Lawn Interested in, is again playing
Tennis and Croquet Club now on the Centre Court."
commonly known as Wimbledon, whilst on the right or South Eastern corner is the competitors section. The whole of the rest of the stand being open to the public.
J. H. Crawford of Australia con- siders the great attraction and success of the Championships at Wimbledon is because the meet-. Ing is played on grass. siders that if they ever turned the Centre Court into a hard Court,
He con-
It just would not be Wimbledon, Crawford definitely goes as far as to stateIt is the World's best Tournament and one could not imagine it played on anything but Turt. There is something in the atmosphère at Wimbledon," and Crawford considers this 'some- thing' owes much to the beautiful
As many as 30,000 people apply in February of each year for the 14,000 seats which may be purchased in advance, and these are usually supplied in books of for the first or second week's play. All these seats are numbered and reserved and are well sheltered from the sun and rain by cor- rugated iron roofs,
Derbyshire best Notts by seven wickets and Warwickshire took first innings points from Leicester, Armstrong playing an unfinished 105 for the latter,
The following were the score de- tails as cabled by Reuter:—
Somerset beat Gloucestershire by 1 wicket at Bath Gloucester: 218 (Binfield 106. Wellard 6 for 39) and 126 (Andrews 6 for 38), Somerset: 244 and 101 for 9.
Derbyshire beat Notts
by 7 wickets at Ilkeston. Notts: 205 and 233, Derby: 253 (Voce 5 for 87) and 188 for 3.
The Glants beat the Phillies quite comfortably while the Yankees sa from the Athletics by a slight- ly narrower margin.
The Tigers, in the American League, once again beat Cleveland, Indians and
strengthening
are
MILLER KEEPS THE TITLE
A Game Loser
THE SECOND "HELEN" THROUGH
Miss Jacobs At Wimbledon
(Special Air Mail Service)
London, June 14 Remarkable scenes marred the world's boxing championship at
Landon, July 2 the Stanley Greyhound Stadium, Miss Helen Jacobs, of America, Liverpool, when Freddie Miller, advanced through the quarter- America's South-Paw feather-final round" of the Wimbledon weight, successfully defended championships to-day, beating his time against Nel Tarleton, Miss Jedzrejowska of Poland, but of Liverpool. The decision was only by a matter of seconds. Had on points, writes a correspon- she been forced into a third set she might have wilted and lost the the finish." match, for she was exhausted at
dent."
have been fatal as she in" at the finish.
EARLY MATCHES
was
In early matches, the English hopes were dashed, for Mlás Dorothy Round, the holder, and Miss K. Stammers both were de reated. Miss Round was eliminated.. by the youthful. Australian, Miss Jean Hartigan. Frau Sperling, of Germany, beat Miss Stammers. closure, mora than Afty yards Miss Jedzrepowska staged a re-
Mrs. Helen Wills-Moody, favour- from the ring, broke through a markable recovery after being ❘ed to win the championship, „de- strong cordon of police and rush-stage-struck in the first set. She feated Mme. Mathieu of France
their position in second place tish chatenger entered the arena As the champion and his Eng-
the Yankees.
Results of matches played to- day as cabled by Reuter follow:
NATIONAL LEAGUE
R. H. E.
48
2
8 10 2
10,000 spectators in the cheap en-
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Philadelphia
ed across the stadium, New York
Stewards were brushed aside, (Melvin Ott scored a home run help'ess, and forced to retire before for the Giants).
the rush. Within the space of a few moments the ring-side was swarming.
The surprising part of
Boston Brooklyn
3 1
5
8
0
an
The American won 6-1, 9-7.
found her form in the second, and handly, as was expected:
She
In the mixed doubles, Nishimura with it her driving touch.
winners magnificently into and Miss Noel beat Andrews and both wings.
Miss Ridley 6-2, 5-7, 8-4---
hit
Miss Jacobs shopped in reply and WBS
forced to do
a vast
Warwickshire beat Leicestershire on the first innings at Birming- ham. Warwick: 289 (Geary 5 for. 60, Aštill 5 for 56) and 151 (Marlow
5 for 68) and 214 for 7 (Armstrong 5 for 38), Leicester: 176 (Paine (Benge pitched for the Dodgers). astonishing exhibition of unsport amount of sprinting...
135 not out)..
Surrey beat Oxford University by a wickets at the Oval. Oxford: 324 (N, S. Mitchell-Innes 132 not out. Cover 8 for 95) and · 292 (Seamer 113). Surrey: 455 (H, M, Garland Wells.103) and 164 for 2.
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every odd game is the usual allow ance, with not more than two minutes between sets.
as at Wimbledon in 1930, Tilden Payed Borotra in the Semi-Final, and he several times complained to the Umpire that "Mr. Borotra was wasting time." After the first complaint the Umpire timed every chauge over.
In years gone by, it was under- stood that if a player had won au open Tennis Tournament approved by the Lawn Tennis Association of England or by one of its premier affiliations this provided decessary qualification for inclu. slon in the 128 players for each section of the Tournament, but this does not apply now.
the
Chicago Cincinnati
# 15 0 3 7 2 (Hartnett and English each scored a home run for the Cube).
Pittsburgh St. Louis
03 4 7 il 1 (Joe Medwick scored a home run for the Cardinals and Hallahan blanked out the Pirates).
AMERICAN LEAGUE
R. H. E.
5 8 1
Washington ... Boston
6. 7. 3 (Dahlgren, Miller and Werber home runs for the Red scored Sox).
New York Palleadelphia......
8. 13 2 5 100 (Lou Gehrig scored a home run for the Yankees).
3 7 O 8 12 ◊
Cleveland Detroit (Weincarner and Campbell scored home runs for the Indians and Gehringer for the Tigers).
The match between St. Louis Browns and Chicago White Sox was postponed on account of rain.
ing behaviour was that the, greater part of a flood of abuse was aimed at Tarleton.
„HERQIC TARLETON. There seemed to be no explana, tion for the amazing scene other" than" that the onlookers in the distant enclosures had held a feeling of resentment that fow on row of ringside seats should re- main vacant
Appeals through the microphone for order haa по more effect than the exorts of a score of officials.
The crowd had its way and the contest went on amid uproarious *scenes.
Tameton's battle to wrest for! Engiand a world title was heroic.
The British champion Was courageous, willing and always a great trier, but it just happened: that he lacked the boxing know- Zedge and punching power of the
American.
Only Tarleton ́himself knows how he survived fifteen rounds, ~
His revival after severe punish- ment in the first minute when he was Doored by a body blow- was the feature of the fight.
Fë carried on in miraculous fashion until regaining full con- trol of his senses, when he gave Miller something to think. about.
NOMINATED PLAYERS Countries playing in the Davis Cup Competition up to 1932 had the right to nominate 4: players and certain countries more, ✅ The
128 Players are always selected
· RESERVED SEATS
entries of those nominated players to play in the Qualifying rounds The £100 Wimbledon debenture were accepted at Wimbledon within the South but, the number turf and the green hedges used i shares stand at a premium being i out other quallificatio. If a playermany Northern players prefer to Tarleton the next four and Miller.|
varies in the North, because" so as backscreens for the outer well over £300 each; and most was not nominated by a country Courts, besides the general var- difficult to obtain. No dividend is and had not won any open tour-Pay in London if they can spare
dant surroundings.
bledon, whatever his
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Let us visit the Centre Court-at
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ng permitted to qualify if they are not considered sufficiently good to be included in the Com- petition proper.
This is how I read the contest- Miller won the first five rounds,
the remaining six.
EASY WIN
It was a comfortable victory, but I cannot help nursing the impression that Miller did not quite displays the workmanship of a world's champion
He had Tarieton so reduced in stamina during the last three rounds that ringside, Americans were offering the fantastic odds of 10 to 1 on a kncok-out.
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Tarleton Just lasted out, al- though it seemed that another -minute would have put him out of the boxing game for many
month
After the thirteenth round, when Tarleton
was put through the Topes and fell across the Press table, he was so mentally dazed and so groggy on his feet that he was unable to return to his corner. unassisted..
When the fight was over Miller call to his manager, Pete Reilly, in put through a 3,000-mile telephone
New York HEAL PLA
"I won, Pete," were bis first
the additional time. paid in cash, but books of ticketsnament, that player was requir The English Lawn Tennis Asso-entitling the holder of each £100ed to play in the Kent Open The winning of a Championship slation and the Wimbledon Om-debentures to 2 seats for the com- Į Championships at Beckenham, any Country or Colony la cials have slice added endless im-plete fortnight are supplied in which was and still is considered sufficient to ensure inclusion in provements at Wimbledon for tile stead. To the interested Tennis to be the first Dress Rehearsal for the qualifying rounds, and a coun- benefit of both the public and the enthusiast this is far preferable Wimbledon, and which generally by sending a team to play in the players, and I think it can safely in view of the fact that usually has many of the foreign competiDavis Cup Competition definitely be said that nowhere else in the £25,000 to £30,000 per annum is tors..playing in the Tournament ensures its nominated players be- world is Tennis played and watch returned by the Wimbledon, au- accustoming themselves to English ed under such perfect conditions. thorities to applicants for reserved conditions. To win two rounds in
THE CENTRE COURT tickets who have been unsuccess-
this Tournament was usually con- The ambition of every keen fut in the ballot for the seats. sidered sufficient, but in any case Tennis player is to play at Wim- Two thousand reserved seats the player generally was wise Another point in the qualifying her, may be purchased daily whilst enough to enter for the Queen's rounds, not usually known is that nationality, may be, quite irre- there is a certain amount of free Club Tournament the following they are never played to a finish, spective of the fact that Tennis standing room available. To see
week, known as the second Dress Four rounds, bring the 128 com Championships are held in his or
the whole of the accommodation Rehearsal for Wimbledon, and un-petitors in the South to eight her own country, and the height packed to capacity, which is a less particularly unfortunate in players for eight out of the ten of that Tennis ambition is to play usual occurrence for all "Needle" meeting a seeded player, the same places, the Men's or Women's on the coveted Centre Court. matches, is a sight to behold.
two rounds win was necessary, singles and when the last eight » Seconds in importance to the If the Selection Committee were has been "reached. play in that Wimbledon-We see a Microphone Centre Court is naturally the No. still doubtful then the player was event 'ceases. Those fortunate Immediately in front of the Um- Cours with deating accommoda-selected to play in the official eight are "In" and great satisfac- pire's chair and loud speakers at
tion for 2,900 people. Electric qualification rounds the week be-- tion is justly felt. The odd 2 are supplied by the smaller Northern very frequent intervals above the Score Boards have also recently tore Wimbledon, covered seats overlooking the been introduced in this Court and - Now
the Selection Committee Competition finalista Centre Court which permit the like the Centre Court is duplicated have other standards for selection 7Besides playing in the Tour- score to be heard with ease and outside above the official Umpire's of the 118 players. Almost every ziament this entitles fortunate words; and then he settled down to comfort by every one of the 17,000 room where "it can be seen from important Country has a ranking competators to the circular red half an hour's conversation. Interested watchers. Electric score almost everywhere in the grounds ist, and many good players from
badge with their name printed In a statement to the Press, boards at either end of the Court wide asphalted promenade other countries come over to play cross the white centre which Miller said; it was and one outside as well, keep separates the Centre and No. 1 at Wimbledon, who have not been must be worn by all-even the top best aghts, and I am sure I one of my everybody informed as to the score
amcially nominated by the Lawn players in a prominent position.» of the particular game in progress,
Tennis Association of their Coun- and enables them to enter any of Tarleton said: "I am disappoint the number and result of the
try, yet, nevertheless, often carry the Competitors Stands without ed I thought I had done au- games and sets played with the
letter of recommendation as to let or hinderance at any time cient to earn the referee's decl- their standard of play. times of the players, and which
There is always a number of seats sion. I would like to meet. Miller player is serving at the time. The Naturally to play in the Cham-
Such players usually arrive allotted to competitors for every in a third fight" Text ultra-modern detall to meet plonships requires much training sufficiently far ahead of the Wim- court, as well as the Centre Court. our eye is a Refrigerator. A cer- and preparation even for the bledon fortnight to enable them
In view of the very great dim- tain amount of derision was "dis- players who may be playing re to play in the various official culty in obtaining Centre Court played by some people when this gularly in Tournaments prior to weekly tournaments in England, seats, this is a tremendous asset Refrigerator was Installed behind the Wimbledon fortnight. because thus enabling the Selection Com-
Some early surprises have al the Umpire's chair. It, neverthe- this is the only Tennis Champion-mittee to guage the standard of an important match the Com-ready proved that any attempt at less serves two very useful purship in the world where no rest is their play against the well-known petitors stand is usually full forecasting Tennis form is even allowed between sets. "Play Must players, playing in that particular The value of the dress re- more difficult than attempting to
tournament.
hearsals for Wimbledon have been do so, for(bent) meldet rigidly adhered to.
defeat this year of Mrs Wills mir Allson to be out in the first Moody in the Rent Championships round while our old friend Borotra "Semi-Final Admittedly Mrs who has announced his wills Moody was not playing for ing retiremefit. In singles do same time, but she has been practimes, not only plays this tising hard for several months this springs the greatest year. The - sup ority ofMiss first days play by
Doses:-
Courts from the other fifteen Courts which have seven feet high thicks green hedges, forming a most comfortable back screen for the benefit of the players.
to any interested person, and for
SOME SURPRISES
1st.-A continual supply of cold Be Continuous," and this rule is think it is generally know noted by all in the unexpected Whozwóna have expected wi-
drinks is available for the players, 2nd-Fresh balls, given for every set are at exactly the same temperature and con- dition. This last, by the way, is quite an Important point, and might well remembered in local Tennis Championships.
Notices are displayed in large that 128 players in both singles letters posted all over the dressing and doubles-making 84 pairs in rooms and it is also stated on the ubles play at Wimbledon, 118 entry form, That the 10 minute being selected leaving 10 places rule does not apply to this meet open for players successful in the ing." This means there is no pro-qualifying rounds. Naturally the longed rest between the second ambition of every player is to be and third sets for the Ladies who in the selected 118. play the best of three sets, and
THE ENTRY FORM How often have we seen or won between the third and fourth set
The Wimbledon - Entry Form dered,
when playing ourselves, for the Men, who, in both singles Why it is more difficult to control | End doubles, play the best of five Brithe Bel those new balls in the begining sets: If a player la temporarily the next set.why did we lose too exhausted, to continue then he
first few games or even the set or she has to scratch immediately, qua
Kilow ball were thed? 1, 30 seconds to change over after in. the Nort
ether
Round the
thus haye the
state the
buthe or be hers
4-36-0 in less
over | pel Germa
proach
SURPRISE WIN
London, July 2
The Polish girl went to 5-2 and
A surprise was given the crowd was twice playing for set point at at Wimbledon late in the after- that game score. At 5-4 she was
noon when, in one of the best per- again within, a point of evening förmances of the present cham- the match, but Miss Jacobs threw plonships, Gandar-Dower and her last ounce of energy into her Wheatcroft of Great Britain de- game and fought back courageous-feated Menzel and Hecht 1.
Czechoslovakia, the Davis Cup pair, by scores of 1-8, 8-6, 6-4, 7-5-- Neuter.
Miss Jacobs was a trife lucky to win in two sets. A third might
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