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FIRST ROUND CLASHINGS.
'London, June 16, The draw for the first round of the Open Singles in the Wimbledon Jubilee" Championships causes a clash between two of the most prominent Britishers in G. R. Crole-Recs and 0. G. N. Turnbull. L. A. Godfree will meet Jean Boro trà, Howard Kinsey (America) will be opposed to C. Dixon. Kin- sey will then meet J. B. Gilbert in the second round.
Vincent Richards is drawn against a comparatively unknown Jenken in the first round and then he meets Henri Cochet.
The ladies singles, draw brings Mddle. Suzanne Lenglen and Miss Mary Browne into opposition, Miss Helen Wills meets Lädy Cros- feld, and Mrs. Shepherd-Barron and Mrs. Beamish are opponents. --Reuter.
Gathering of the Clans.
The tennis season of 1920 ought. to prove a landmark. In the game's history in view of the "Jubilee Championships" meeting at Wim- bledon next week..
BOBBY JONES BREAKS
COURSE RECORD.
BRITISH OPEN GOLF QUALIFYING · STAGES.
MELHORN LOSES WOOL
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London, June 16.
in the
The feature of the first day's play at Sunningdale Qualifying Competition for the British Open Golf Championship, was the breaking of the course record by Bobby Jones, the Ameri- can amateur.
His first round
sccre was sixty-six..
"Wm. Melhorn, another of the American Walker Cup'representa- tives, took 76, and had a tan- talising experience. His approach work was consistently superb, pat he failed with his putting and finally broke a spoon across his knee flinging the piece at the caddle twenty yards away!- Reuter
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The competition proper is to be played off at the Lytham and St. Anne's courses on Tuesday, Wed- nesday, "and. Thursday next, June 22nd, 23rd, and 24th.
Little in Common. Except that the ball must still. The fortnight be hit over the net and fall with- over which play is spread is eer-in the confines of the court, there tain to witness a real gathering is little in common between them, of the clans-a gathering not only of the world's best players of to- day, but of those who knew and played the game in its infancy, and will feel it almost a duty, as well as certainly a pleasure, to come and watch the players and the play of to-day, and marvel at the changes in both which forty, years on" have made.
Rackets have entirely changed in shape, weight, and stringing; balls are, to-day, absolutely uni- form in size, weight, and compres- sibility; the net is taped along the top, held to its right height at the centre by a band, and lower by eighteen inches at the posts and six inches in the centre than in the days of the first Championship, Practically every lawn tennis The methods of play developed playing country will be represent-especially during the last ten years ed with the exception of Germany; or so, have tended to make the and the clash of international game an exciting spectacle for the styles and temperaments, combin- crowds who watch it, as well as ed with the keenness to carry off an exhausting exercise for those what must naturally be à his- who take part in it. toric championship, should ensure a meeting of unequalled interest,
That our "home" players will have much voice in the ultimate destination of any of the events is, perhaps, not to be expected this year; but of course there is always hope, and some of our younger players are showing signs of their ability at ne distant date of reviving the traditions of past
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Above is Bobby Jones, the American amateur, who in the first day's play of the Open British Golf Championship, broke the course record at Sunningdale with a acore of 65.
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THE CHOICE OF CLUBS.
London, June 16. At Sheffield, where the Aus- trulians were to play Yorkshire, the recent rains had left the pitch saturated. Inspections were made, at two o'clock and four o'clock, clubs is claimed by Ceorge Dun- The happy medium in choice of
after which it was decided, to can, the player of sensational suc- abandon, play for the day-cesses. and sensational failures, Reuter
who contributes the ninth article of the series which the Telegraph is publishing by special arrange- ment with the Golfer's Magazine, Chicago.
NINE ARE ENOUGH. By George Duncan,
occupied till two o'clock, the hour for starting play. In come the mpire and the linesmen and take their places, followed by the play- ers in the first match of the day. This is, probably, a men's single;} Of late there has been a good deal and, more probably still, a men's of discussion as to the golfer's single between two overseas com-kit--how many
clubs he or she
the modern champion is the "three-petitors; say, a Frenchman and an should carry, and the kind that are American,, each of them auxions particularly adapted to the use of to carry his country's colours one the average player. Their play, vivid, exciting, cat-my views on this subject, it is an step further in the championship. Having been asked to set down and-thrust work with no quarter almost essential prelude that I given, but an admirable courtesy hould give details of my and sporting spirit maintained, equipment, for, naturally, one has rouses the packed stands to thusfastic applause or hushes them has evolved after many years of enfath in the collection that one to a tense breathlessness as some trial vite: ace is fought for in a raily We know, that Miss Alexa Stir-
Instead of the long-drawn-out rallies of slow, high-trajectoried (because of the height of the net) drives from end to end and corner to corner of the court, the ideal of stroke" rally-service, return, and killor, if possible, the scoring of the ace outright by a "cannon ball", service. Speed, in fact, is the watch-word of the modern game; and, with speed of stroke and quickness of bruin reacting on one another, the man who is It is a very far cry from the not a quick thinker finds that the days of the first lawn tennis chamaec is lost before he has time to pionship meeting on the "old" carry out his plan of campaign in ground of the All England Club its tactical stages. in Worple-road, Wimbledon to the
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of a length that Las become uning, former United States woman champion, makes a very success- Growth of Interest.
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over the net; put on their coats,alond, is content with seven. players who have never yet scen the "New" Wimbledon the venue gather up their sheaves of rackets, (Tho are by way of being ex- of the Championships for the last and leave the court. A new in abundance and scarcity.
The early match yesterday was four years. For them to realise umpire and new linesmen appear, at any rate, in the case of golfers not played, owing to one of the the developments of the game it and an excited buzz of conver-who are bidding for the world's contestants, being away in Macao. self, and the enormous increase of sation rises all round the court: highest honours on the links.)
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her superiority, to all others. At choice, for this assists in the ob Ave Championships. From a list of players in which every competitor was an English-suming that he is not the fortunate staff is busy changing the net for is required:
The visitor, if wise (I am pre- the end of the match the ground taining of the upright swing which the U.S.R.C. ground A. Brearley Make the left arm and R. H. Henderson, A. B. man to one which (na was the case holder of a ticket), will get down a double-perhaps an English part of the club, that is, keep it aworth and G. Miskin, G. W in 1925) players of over twenty to the ground early in the morning, against a Belgian pair. This has straight on the upswing and rauke Sewell and A. D. Humphreys. nationalities were compoting--and say, about 10 am., and take his not been in progress long before it control the club.
""B" teảm versus N.T.C. on the in the very first day's Centre Court place in the already lengthening the protective covering goes over be fairly firm, which prevents over and J. G. Laurie, L.M.S. Lloyd aud ralu begins to fall Play stops, and
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"C" team versus K.C.C. on the Another double follows, ing forward, against the club, so. Club ground.-M. M. Watson and If fairly well for goes on. great change. But the greatest ward in, the queue, immediately but about half-way through it the that at the top of the awing the J. T. Prior, E. W. Hamilton and change of all la.in the game itself, en passing through the gates, he stands are seen to be suddenly ball of the left toe is bearing most G. S. Hugh Jones, J.D.H. Craw-Authorised - Capital in its implements, in the methods will project himself with all apced thinnin though the play is at of the waight of the boty You for and AC. Crowley,
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