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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS; TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1936.
CRICKET LEAGUE COMMITTEE CRITICISED
HELEN JACOBS DOES NOT
INTEND TO RETIRE
HER CHIE. INTERESTS TENNIS AND WRITING
"Felt Like A Queen"
At Wimbledon
The
Helen Hull Jacobs has no intention of following Helen Wills Moody into retirement. She hasn't had enough tennis yet. 'comely, gracious tennis queen of the United States and England, revealed she "intended to stay in, competition"“for several more years."
"My two chief interests in life,"
she said happly as the big liner Woman
coursed its way up the Hudson River. "are tennis and writing. They go together marvelously well.
so I think I shall continue playing as long as I can do it well enough
to salt Helen Jacoba.
"Yes, I am sorry Helen (Helen Wils Moody, quit, but I can ap- preciate her point of view. She played tennis for many years and
Trainer
Of Horses
INTRODUCING
MARY HIRSCH
now has turned to other interests Loves The Racetrack
I'Wadmit I am sorry, though, that
I couldn't meet her in one more national."
"Do you think you could beat "bere"
Crowd
'Mary Hirsch would rather hold # bridle than bridal would
2 rather train a horse than ride one, with
"Well, what do you think? It and would rather associate certainly is a raing day, Isn't it?" the curious milieu that habituates
Thrill Miss. Jacobs, dress-
a racetrack in the daily routine ed conservatively in white and
than with the society folk that blue, has enjoyed her share of visit there between two-thirty and thri is and suffered many disapnve-thirty in the afternoon. She pointments, but she said probably the first woman ever licensed her greatest thrill was her victory.
Wimbledon.
New York" State to train thoroughbreds for running races.
It has been the ambition of this twenty-three-year-old brunette to train horses since she wes Ave years od. Her father has been a well-known trainer for more than teen years. Prior to that he was jockey. As a trainer, he is given greatest credit tar developing Mrs. Graham Fair Vanderbilt's Sarazen.
"It was a must glorious feeling."- she beamed. "when at last. after eght attempts. I knew I had won. I wanted to laugh and cry at once. The final against Mrs. Sperling (Hilda Krahwinkel Sperling of Denmark and Germany) was the hardest match of my career. She's the best defensive player in the world, My, but she was hard Among others, he trained for to bent! Her exceptionally long Arnold Rothstein during that reach just about breaks your heart fated gamber's heyday. on a tennis court."
the last five years. since complet ing finishing school. Miss Hirsch
During
Miss Jacobs, five pounds lighter has managed her father's publie than when she left her home in Berkeley, California, said she never table, which he conducts at Eek realized how many
(at present. among kind people mont Park there were in the world until just others she trains for the Schwart7. before and after she wen at Wim-brothers, Albert C. and Morton L.. bedon
and also races a small stable of her own).
"Why," she mused soberly, "I received such wonderful and touching messages that I felt like a queen And the best part was that most of the messages were I received one from anonymous, an English woman, who said she was 86 years old and pulling hard for me. You know, most people
are very sweet,”
who
more
EARLY RISING The older Mary Hirsch grew and the
she frequented race- tracks, the more. convinced she
that became
she could Iraizi horses as well as could a man. irked her no little that after u. lowing the strict day regime of
Is
the trainer, rising at 5 a.m.. put- ting the horses in her charge
It
As she gazed at the pelting rain, through, their early morning gal- a big smile crinkled over her face tops. prescribing their diet and "But my greatest kick, I sup-watching their performances, she. pose, is that I no longer can be had to stand outside of the pad- cated the greatest tennis player dock on the afternoon of the race" never won the Wimbledon while someone else, usually her championship?"
brother Buddy, or occasionally her "Next to writing books (she's father. adjusted the saddle. written an autobiography) and also irked her that she was de- articles, her favourite hobby next prived of the privilege of seeing to tennis is horseback riding Her her name on the programine 23 sister is an accomplished horse ira'ner. It irked her pride that woman but hates tennis... In she did everything a trainer did. England, Ifelen joined several fox et n the eyes of the pubile was hunting parties but admitted she not really a "Trainer," never shot a fox.
fact, she In 1933, Miss Mary, as she is didn't ever see anyone shoot a known t the track made her foxx.". . She uses about one dozen | Ärst formal application for IL lentils rackets year.... She trainer's license. At that time gave up swimming because, she racing at the five major tracks in said, it makes the shoulder mus-New York State was governed by cies stiff. Horseback riding helps Afty august gentlemen known as her game, she said, "unless I fall The Jockey Club. Among these off the horse."
She answers are such known figures in the a fan mail and gets plenty of it. business and social worlds 29 She hasn't had any offers to WIElam Woodward, chairman: turn professional, she guaranteed, Joseph E. Widener, vice-president and wouldn't be interested "for of Belmont Park and president of one moment.”
the Miami Jockey Club which operates Hialeah Park; George H.
In
AMERICAN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
Donald Budge Enters Fourth Round
STIMULATING INTEREST
More Representative
Games Needed
Promoting Higher
*
Standard Of Play
Cricket interest in Hong Kong has the peculiar propensity of fading out before the season is "half over. This, as is said, is peculiar to Hong Kong for nowhere else. in all the realm of King Cricket does it occur. What is wrong? We all enjoy the game as a game. We all look forward with joyful anticipation to Saturday afternoon, even though we might only last one ball and spend the rest of the day chasing after it for someone else. The Clubs cater to all the wants of their members, but even the Clubs suffer towards the end of the season for it is the interest of the members that keeps the spirit of cricket there alive. "The fault lies in our dormant League Committee. How do you ask, can the Com-the greatest attraction and offer's war wie success of their cluss de- mittee affect the interest of the biggest incentive to improve. ends." cricket? As a governing (7) body Bo it is with the older cricketers 1- would be gratifying and an in-le the Colony. centive if it showed a little more activity. Except for its, spasmodic burst of energy at the annual meeting when the various secre taries and captains futter around ke animated batterflies, arrang ing their fixtures for the year. the members of the committee. except for an occasional letter from the secretary, hibernate until the next annual meeting,
REPRESENTATIVE GAMES
NEEDED
The average cricketer is content. with his Saturday's Club game, but there are no small few who have other ambitions. Apart from the H.K.C.C... K.C.C., Army and Navy. "there are no representative games at all. Even these games are not representative but merely Club fixtures. What returns do the Clubs get for their subscriptions? The winner of the league has its name inscribed on the Shield at
The
There are, eight teams n the First Division, and thirteen in the second. Twenty one teams which play cricket. At least two nundred and thirty one playing cricketers. and what does the league commit- tee do for them-nothing.
The greater part of cricket in- terest lest the ultimate winners
DEROGATORY COMPARISONS Look at the sustained interest In Football, Tennis and even the youngest of our sports, Badmin- ton.
Football Association meets regularly and arranges In- ternational games. Shield games. Cup rames and the annual match: of the league, thus the league Island. v. Mainland. People aspire games play an important part in to play in
the welfare of our cricket. When these representative matches and they are not chosen was advocated that the league fixtures should be extended to a on reputation.
Home and an Away game. the motion fell to the ground because it interfered with the friendly games of one or two of the Clubs. HK.C.C. CRICKET PIONEERS,
BUT
A little of this from the Cricket Committee and cricket would thrive and live a Kttle longer.
FACTOR OF INTERPORT SELECTION
Admitting the priority of the
DAVIS CUP CAMPAIGN
.
America And France Disappointed This Year
Futility Of Using
Veterans To Capture Cup
H
Although it is only a little while ago since Great Britain de- fended the Davis Cup, against Australia in the challenge round of 1936 on the famous turf courts at Wimbledon, more than one of the countries which take part in these contests every year are al- ready considering plans for the campaign of 1937. Great Britain, as the defending country, will no doubt again rely on Fred J. Perry. Henry W. Austin, G.,P. Hughes and C. R. D. Tuckey. Australia may also rely on the team which reached the challenge round this year, although it would not be much of a surprise It Jack Crawford were not an active play- er on the 1937 team. Germany may
well base is next team on Gott- fried Frlir, von Cramm and Helnér Henkel; but when it comes to the United States and France, two countries which nave in years pust ranked high in Davis Cup circles. it is an entirely different question.
SHOWING DISAPPOINTING
For both France and America, the showing in 1936 was very dis- appointing. Whlie the representa-. tives of the Tri-color were not seri- qusly regarded as potential winners this year, it was expected that they would do better than they did. Their elimination in the third round at the hands of Yugoslavia wag 1 big disappointment, and shows that the French authorities must seek new material with which
there is no question but what the United States Lawn Tennis A350- ciation will have to make several changes in the personnel of its 1936 team if it is ever going to back to its home bring the cup country. This is not only due to the fact that this year's players were not strong enough to do it, but also because, Wilmer L. Allison Jr. has taken himself out of big-time tennis. This lenvas J. Donald Budge as the one member of the 1936 squad around
the which U.S.L.T.A, must build in 1937.
MUST TURN TO YOUNGSTERS
For several years some of the best tennis experts in the United States have been urging that the association take, a number of the nost promising of the younger players, give them plenty of in- struction and tournament experi- ence both in this country and, abroad. and select from them a Davis Cup team. Of that genera- ich now in competition, Frankie Parker, Robert L. Rigga, Joe Hunt and Don McNeill appear to be the most promising. Parker has been playing more, tennis than the. others mentioned, and he should certainly be given an invitation to try out for the team; but unless I am mistaken, young Hunt of Los Angeles is really the most promis- ing candidate of them all It is true that he lost at Longwood to Parker and at Seabright to Jack " McDiarmid; but he is one of the best players for his age that has OR K.C.C.?
#ppeared on turf courts in some Variety is the spice of existence.time. Expert coaching and plenty Any change in our present system
of experience should raise him to could not help but be for the bet-
championship class in a compara- ter. Traditions, as it were.
tively short time, and while it should hardly be expected that he all very well as long as they do
would be able not confound and clash with pro-
defeat such play- gress. There is no saying that apart from its central position, the
to bulid a team if Paris is to again be the home of the famous tennis Trophy. While the
Americans showed up better than France,
It has been said that a reputa- tion in Cricket is bait the battle towards being chosen for the In-Hong Kong Club as one of the terport. It is a psychological fac- ploneers of Hong Kong cricket, tor and one which cannot be admitting also that the Interport Ignored, Cricketers from the contests originated as games be- H.K.C.C., K.C.C., Army and Navy tween the Hong Kong: Club,and are well-known through their Shanghai Cricket Club, the Inter- the League's expense. The League "big" matches of two days dura- port has now evolved into matches donates its surplus money every tion. Unless one is exceptionally between the Colony and Shanghai, year to some of the Schools, which prominent in their Club games, irrespective of Clubs, so why, it is though a deserving cause, is quite members of other clubs are prac- asked does the controlling interest their consideration but what does unnecessary. The Schools, grate-tically nonentities. And what is o the Interport games rest with 1t do or say-nothing. ful as they are for this help in a reputation in Club cricket?
Where It the H.K.C.C.
the fostering Cricket there. are well is "Pooh, Poohed" because except League Committee it in to the to look after themselves. for a few players on each side picture? It is vitally a matter for Even in School Cricket it is the there is little opposition. In every
have Club it is on these tow players! (Continued next column) representative games
able
that
respect of horsemen for her know- ledge of the turt's practices and traditions. Doubtless in her case the issuance of a License would be perfectly within reason. they agreed, but the question of estab- lishing a precedent. balked their progress on the matter. Other women with less experience and know.edge of a trainer's problems, but motivated by the urge tor
publicity, would besiege the offices of The Jockey Club, they reasoned. And that wouldn't do
So casting about for a peg to reject Miss Hirsch's application. they hit on the following in the “Rules of Racing:"
"No person shall be allowed to train horses... where The Jockey Club exercises jurisdic- tion until he shall have obtain- ed from the stewards of The Jockey Club a licence..." The prohoin 'be saved the day for The Jockey Club.
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FLIMSY EXCUSE Although stung by this rather flimsy excuse on which to base the refusal of her request, Miss Hirsch did not show any dlaap pointment but went on as she had before. She went West with a string of her father's horses and that summer was licensed by the Illinois State Racing Commission. Shortly afterwards the Michigan. State Racing Commission- also re- cognized her es a trainer. She was the first woman trainer in the country, and during the summer campaign in the Middle West her horses were quite successful,
every five minutes to ask for the outcome, and in the ante-room reporters and cameramen hovered around to catch the decision at the stroke of the gong. The "out- come meant a great deal to fol- lowers of the turf game, involving, as it did the important question of whether or not woman's place was in the home so far as horse racing was concerned;
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CONSUMMATE TACT Miss Hirsch took the decision with consummate tact. She was very well satisfied, but she didn' think there was anything unto- ward about it. No, she wouldn't have raised any fuss about the rights of women had the decision gone against her. Yes, she would go on just as she had for the last Ave years, the only difference being that now she, could go `in side the paddock and saddle her own horses for a race and not ask her brother or her father, and, besides, it would be rather nice to see her name on the programme. Yes. she expected to win her share of races, but didn't think she would ever usurp the spotlight | now held by such trainers as her father, Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons, Tom Healey and Hirsch Jacobs.
She is particularly glad that she has reached the crossroads in her schooling days at Marymount, Chevy Chase and Scudder Schools until she could get back to her father's stables. She loves the racetrack crowd, even the down- at-heel grafters, and she wouldn't trade them for any other set.
Her most distinguished patron is Bernard M. Baruch, who races a
course of the Kershaw Stable. She will also train for Dr. Cary T. Grayson, besides handling a few horses of her own.
Last March Miss Hirsch upplied Bull, president of the Saratoga again in New York, and this time Association; John Hay Whitney the New York State Commission; } small stable under the nom de and Henry Bull. From these which had superseded The Jockey names it can be deduced that The Cub in much of the administra- Jockey Club is conservative. It is, tive authority on state tracks, sab extremely so.
in joint session, with The Jockey "PUBLICITY · STUNTS"
Club to consider her case. The The granting of her Licence The fifty august gentlemen were
result was that Herbert Bayard gives rise to speculation as whe- taken aback by Mary Hirsch's Swope, chairman of the Commis-ther such distinguished women application. Women, on rare oc-.ston and an intimate friend of her horse owners as Mrs. John Hay; casions in the past had, applied father, pushed through the ap Whitney and Mrs. Dodge Sloane for jockey senses, but these had plication over whatever protests will eventually take cut licences Donald Budge joined Fred Perry | been summarily dismissed 8.3 were still left in the staid Jockey as trainers. Mrs. Whitney, in par- in the fourth round of the United "publicity stunts" Here was one | Club's bosoms.
ticular is an adept hand around States national tennis champion-that had to be considered with It was a momentous afternoon the stables, especially with her ship to-day.
"weight and dignity-the daughter at The Jockey Club offices: Lon-jumpers, and would be qualified Budge met the American player of a skilled and respected veteran don newspapers phoned for the result of the conference, news- Joseph Hunt in the third round trainer, a woman who would be a and beat him 6-3, 6-4, 9-7--
credit to racing,
who had the paper offices in New York buzzed
Forest Hills, Sept. 6.
to follow Miss Hirsch's lead, Borse- men belleve.-(From 扫 leading Sporting journai).
does
U.S. BASEBALL
INTERPORT GROUND
H.K.C.C
are
Chicago Easily Beat Hong Kong Club ground is not
Cleveland
New York, Sept. 6. The following were "the results of Major League baseball marches played to-day:-
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago Pittsburgh
St. Louis...
Cincinnatti
quite ideal for these matches. The Kowloon ground is far more ideal for these games, having as it does larger. proportions, natural stands for spectators, and more pictures- que surroundings..
A surgeon does not hesitate to make a drastic cut if it means saving the life of a patient, and for the sake of the life of Hone E. Kong's Cricket such drastic cuts 1 13
and changes are necessary.
H. H.
5
9
3
7
0
5 9 2
Herman homered for the Reds...
:
Brooklyn
Philadelphia......
5. 10 5
7 10 2
Frey nornered for the Dodgers and Norris for the Phillies.
Boston New York
Thompson Braves.
St. Louis Cincinnatti
.....
3 17 1 2 13 1 homered for the
4 9 "8 10
.0
1
Goodman homered for the Reds,
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AMERICAN LEAGUE .
Philadelphi Washington
R.
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4 10
3
Philadelphia Washington
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3 12 2
8 7 0
Cleveland Chicago
Cleveland Chicago
Averill homered for the Indians.
5 New York
14 2 Boston..........
3: 14. 17 Fox and W. Ferrell homered once each for the Red Sox.
2 4 1 New York
4.11 Buston
Lazzeri homered for the Yankees. Other matches were postponed on account of rain.-
Reuter.
ers ts Perry, Austin, von Cramm and other top-ranking players in 1937, a couple of years or so should find him ready to take his place. with Budge in a successful chal- lenge for the cup. I really believe the time has come when the United States should look beyond next year or even 1938 and start bulld- Ing an all-round team that will eventually win. The past three or four years have shown "the futility of trying to capture the cup by using our best veterans.-George M. R. Holmes in the "Christian Science
J Monitor."
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