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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1932.
America Finds Another Tennis Wonder
Frankie Parker Hailed as Future
Champion
Frankie Parker, America's latest, conch, who had taught lawn tennis discovery, who will Vines and Sutter and
Ellaworth
Willmer
be seen at Wimbledon next year, Allison saw young Pinjakowski. Is the most picturesque hoy star Beasley was enthusiastic. fle ever thrown up by municipal found a wealthy town burgher to courts.
adopt the boy.
board-
His story reads like fiction. He Frankie was put to a is a Pole of humble birth, uning school, net to work on build- orphan. His real name is Pining up exercises fortified by a jnkowski (pronounced Plenyakoff-carefully planned diet. Beasley his lawn tennis aky). He is 16% years of age, mapped out stantis 5ft 7ins.. and weighs 135 schedule. Its.
Four years ago Frankle compet- Whoh Frankie was a year oldled in the national junior tourna his father was killed while driving ment. For three years he got a Detroit dump cart, and his bit further each time. Last sum- mother worked bravely to keep the mer he became junior champion. Family in bare peccssities. Two This year he is a sure thing for a brothers are now out of work, and place amongst America's first ten. the third is n waiter in a smalle is already in the first five of eating house.
the top flight." writes Fritz Mos Before reaching bis
teens cur. Frankie found an old feanin
WONDERFUL CONTROL.
the
rackel in a dust bin. Somehow hel "His controlled speed is enme by an uncovered rubber ball. inmading thing about Frankie." And there was nearby an accom- said Beasley. "He is still grow- modating wall. That is how this ing. His reark will improvą, bat new lawn tennis sensation began. for his weight he already has a BACKYARDS TO PARKS. first service amzingly fast and From Backyard walls fo the deftly placed." public mark curls was the Bucky atep. Frankie Parker had guns, first time in August: and he is!
He soon began confidently expected to make fresh to compete in the Boys Tourna- tennis history. ment hi the parks,
#marvelreua exe
Parker is roing what
for the
Already he is the talkless, won-
The family moved to Milwaukee,der of the mid-west courts Frankie sold newspapers on the America. No fireworks or streets, he enddied at the golf club, tories, just brilliant tennis.
of
OVER 2,000 SEATS.
But be continued to find evening His Concentration and anticipa-! WE PAY TAX. hours for his beloved game.
ition go hand-in-hand: that is the, Box Scats $1.00.
The ene the dramatic stroke secret of Frankie'a iron-me consi which transformed Frankis into troi. fl
youth. fortunate
Merrer Bearly bus nicknamed him the Beasley, the famous lawn tennis "Little strong silent man."
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AUSTRALIA
V.. THE WORLD
NEW CRITICISM OF ENGLISH TEST TEAM
PRENN HAILED AS LEADING PLAYER!
RANKED AS EUROPE'S NO. 1 NET STAR.
THRILLING SPILL IN PENTATHLON
NEA
TTERE is one of the speciacular spills in the equestrian competi- 11 tion of the Olympic pentathlon at Los Angeles. Lieut. Imre Petnehazy, Hungary, and his mount made the fall, and neither was seriously hurt.
Swimming Record
RAVEN LOWERS
100YD. TIME SHANGHAI TITLE
Shanghai, Sept. 1.
Broken.
that better times will be re- jearded in the final, while Jolin
stone and Pingereth were Sutli- Jelently close to make a good race
of it!
SPORT
ADVTS.
HONG KONG CRICKET LEAGUE.
Notice la Hereby Given that the Annual Meeting will be held at the Sanitary Board Room, Fost Office Building (by kind permis- sion) on Tuesday, the 6th day of September, 1932, at 5.15 p.m.
W. C.' HUNG,
Hon. Secretary.
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUR,
Draft Programmes and Entry Forma for the Ninth Extra Race Meeting to be held on Saturday, 17th September, 1932, (weather permitting) may be obtained at Club the Secretary's Office, the House, Happy Valley, the Hong Kong Club, the Sports Club, and the Stables, Village Rond.
Entries cloro at 12 o'clock NOUN on THURSDAY, 8th Septem- ber, 1932.
By Order,
S. A. SLEÁP,
Act. Secretary.
MACAO RACES
THE MACÃO JOCKEY CLUB.
FOURTH EXTRA RACE MEETING Sunday, 11th September, 1932. First Saddling Bell at 2.00 p.m. First Race at 2.30 p.m. ADMISSION:-
To Members' Enclosure $2. To Public Enclosure 40 Cts. Members MUST show their Badges to gain admittance. Ladies are cordially invited to attend the RACES WITHOUT CHARGE.
NO LADIES BADGES will be issued,
Tins, Teas and Refreshments at the Race Course at reasonable prices..
BADMINTON will be obtainable
TAIKOO TO HAVE EXHIBITIONS
FRIDAY'S EVENT
In the heads for the 100 yd. free style Shanghai championship, held yesterday evening at the Foreign Y.M.C.A. bath, C. H. Raven broke the existing record and made a new mark of 58.2/5 see. The old London, Aug. 18.
record was 60 sec. C. N. BrowB Daniel Pronn can be rightly de-won the other heat in 60.4/5 see. scribed on his 1132 matek per-land, though the latter's time was formances as the first lawn tennis slower than Raven's, it is untici- player in Europe. He kept out of pated that there will be a fine race The Taikoo Club is interesting the limelight until the closing between these two in the fioul on itself in badminton, a game which, It was bound to come. Ques-stages of the Davis Cup competi-Saturday night.
as a winter pastime and for He had been training
cannot bu exercise, tions are being very seriously put tíon.
The 100 yd, event was the only healthy to Soluctors about the inclusion methodically 'und with an immense championship that attracted suf- equalled. Mousrs. A, E. Collins, of Indians and an Australign in purpose.
Geent response to warrant heats W. O. Williams, D. II. Hazet and the England cricket team due to Then came his smashing defeat being run off and six competitors S. A. Gray, players of outstanding leave for Australia in September. of de Stefani. the Italian Davis swam off yesterday to decide who ability, have kindly consented to K. S. Duleepsinhji has been Cup player. Yet none accepted would be in the final. In the first play an exhibition game of doubles selected to go to Australia together the hint of coming event.
heat, C. N. Brown, J. R. Johnstone, at Taikoo Club on Friday next, at with the Nawab of Pataudi, - an-
and R. Dodd met and finished in 8.45 p.m. After the game, tea will other Indian, and G. O. Allen, the Quickly this was followed up by that order. From the start, Brown be served and a fannel dance will his sensational victories over the went into the lead, though John- take plate from 10 p.m. to i am. A writer in a Sunday paper ren-two British Davis Cop players-stone hang on tenaciously, but in A cordial invitation is extended ments as follows:
II. W. Austin and F. J. Perry.the fourth and final lap, Brown to all members of other Clubs and "Because a precedent has been That this was no meteoric inter-sparted and drew away from his those interested. set up in the past there is
Jude was proved by his smashing opponent reason why the precedent should defeat of F. X. Shields (U.S.A)) while Dodd was be followed; no good reason, why in the Interzone final round when behind Johnstone, the precedent should be extended. Let us suppose that we take these the United States defeated Gar three players to Australia, and many by 3 matches to 2. His new- found form was confirmed by the- that they play their part in wh-great fight he put up against II. E ning back for us the "Ashes,"
Australian.
210
SENSATIONAL WINS.
ta
A launch will leave Taikno win comfortably,
some distance Dockyard at 1,30 am. for long- kong and Kowloon. collectiou will be taken en behalf of the Quarry Bay Branch of the M.C.I..
BOBORANREINHALA THINGS ARE NOT ALL
C
RAVEN'S FINE SWIM. The second heat produced the record-breaking performance. H. Raven, A. Fingereth, and J. "What will Australia say? Vines,
His 1932 scalps are thus-Ste-Doughty swam off together and Australia will say, quite rightly.
Un-finished in that order. Raven that they weren't beaten by fani, Austin, Perry, Shields. England at all, and what will be questionably he is Europe's No. 1took the advantage from the start and gradually increased it to the our answer to the jibe? Will it player for 1932,
THE "DROP-SHOT."
jend, having a good lead when he be a sufleient answer for us-a
Prenn is 28 years of age-ly finished. He did not appear to be answer which will give us com-j plete satisfaction--when we say profession, a doctor of engineer-exerting himself to any great ex- that other than English people ing. He bas black hair, is thick-tent and maintained a very even have played for England in the set and in court gets about with pace throughout. Fingereth held
a shambling gait.
Hon fairly well, but gradually drop- past?
"Even if it is true that we have! His game is of the solid type:ped back, while Doughty gave him no batsman capable of doing for great accuracy in the control of a score in the third length he England what Duleep and the the ball, a genius for countering spurted, but the latter responded
Also he
to take second has and drew away Nawale can do in the batting line: the biggest speed. even if it is true that we have no developed an amazing proficiency place.
Brown other bowler who might do for in the drop-shot. Budding cham-
were really pressed, it is anticipa- in Australin what G. O. Allen will pions should note that point. do for us-is that enough? It is not enough for me.
"Personally. I would rather see 11 English-born players lose every test match by nn innings than an England team recruited from India, Australia, and possibly other places, win back the Ashes."
"The alternative, in my view, to: playing the very fine cricketers mentioned in an England side is. to alter the title of the coming Test matches-to call them, Australia against England, Australia against the world,
"But for the moment the title
not but
is Australia v. England. Why not live up to it?"
ANOTHER ATTEMPT
ON CHANNEL SWIMMER FORCED TO GIVE UP
Dovar, Aug. 30. M. Adrian Kannar, medical student, made an attempt yoster- day morning to cross the English Channel from Cape Gris Noz. However, after 14 hours of hard offort, the swimmer had to aban- don the enterprise 2014 miles away from Dover on account of a violent thunderstorm which broke- out along the British const. The awimmer climbed into the motor host which accompanied him, and
As neither Raven
or
ittle fast action in the 400 metru relay at the LosAngeles
A Olymple, inch four only prints a won for America
ki the now world time of 408 seconds. Photo shows Italian rún-
THEY SEEM
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CORRESPONDENCE.
Broken Hill. An amusing ease of a man impersonating a woman is re- ported from a suburban tennis club, a few members of which have been informed of the trick but the joke is still on the members of the opposing club, who were defeated in a match. Finding that the club had four men and two women for the match, instead of three of each sex, one male member ar- ranged to impersonate a woman and make up the team.
"She" was introduced as n girl from the bush and though paper dated Sept. 6th I quick thinking was necessary across the article written by-
at
HOCKEY
RADIO THRASH THE
(To the Editor, fiongkong Telegraph.)
"Why not try K. Singh also?"
Sir-Whilst reading tho Rowe-
came
one or two awkward mo-Paira Fair which referred to the monta, the part was played selected team that are going to perfectly.
play on Wednesday the 7th. I
Fairs quite agree with
Fair'a who opinion. The players
do- served a trial were omitted again. R. H. Wong the gon keeper of the St. Andres and the man who represented the "Rest" in the Mamak Tournament against the Radio Sports Club is a fine goal- keeper. The other player is P. Singh the brilliant right back of
tho Referring to
trials fast rather Wednesday, I was
dis- appointed. Firstly G. Singh the centre forward had little or no
GERMAN CLUB
G. Singh Scores 7 Out the Radie Sports Club.
of 14 Goals
wards.
The German Club was over- whelmed by the Radio Sports Club Support from the two inside for- As an inside-left K. Singh in a hockey match at Caroline (Radlo) would have been a better yesterday, the Radio winning by 14 choice. IIo in
П
player with gonis to 2. At the interval the clean tactics, brilliant nt out-alde visitors were six goals in arrears,
finish.
and were outplayed from start to left, and a player who seldom worth while through his..
misses a goal. Its combination
G. Singh netted seven times for: with G. Singh in the Radio, the remaining goals be watching. It wi
ing obtained by K. Singh (41. C. fino combination that G. Bingle Singh and A. Singh, whilst Miller scored so many for the Radlo and Sammer! replied forthe Gore Yours, etc.
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