THE HONGKONG * TELEGRAPH.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1934.
FINANCIAL SUCCESS OF AMERICAN TENNIS
REVEALED AT L.T.A. MEETING
CHAIRMAN'S COMMENTS ON
DAVIS CUP PROSPECTS
Mr. Waker Merrill Hall, of Now Yark, was elected president of the United States L.T.A. In succossion to Mr. H. S. Knox, at the general meet- ing in Pittsburgh.
In his presidential address Mr. Hall referred to the defeat of the United States team in the Davis Cup last year and suggested that their repre- sentatives would have better prospects of RUCCCAB tole summer on grass courts. The following are points from his speech:
and that of 10,000 at Washington show that professional tennis as it is now run can do much to stimulate interest in the game. I think, too, that it will help in the solution of the amateur problem by enabling us to draw clearer line between amateur and pro- fessional players, for it will enable young men without the mean
as real follow the game seriously amateura to go into It avowedly as professionals, and thus the masquera- der will be done away with. I have supported professional tennis since my term. as president of the West Sido Tennis Club, when
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Novel Golf Match
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Australian Pontes Saucy Fico,
"A" Class
China, Ponies
Chivalrous
Glen Shee
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"D" Class *"O" Class "D" Class Maria Petra
"D" Class Soldier of Germany "B" Class The Bodega
"D" Class
BASEBALL STARTS
GIANTS AND THE SENATORS WIN
YANKEES NOSED OUT
won
ORIGINAL TYPE
OF HANDICAP
(Our Own Correspondent),
UNIVERSITY CRICKET
DEFENDED
CORRESPONDENT'S REPLY TO R. ABBIT'S CRITICISM
EXPLANATION OF THE UNPLAYED
H.K.C.C. MATCH
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SPORT ADVTS.
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
Draft Programmes and Entry Forms for the Fourth Extra Race Meeting, to be hold on Saturday, the 28th April, 1934, (weather por mitting), may be obtained at the
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Entries close at 12 o'clock NOON on Thursday, 19th April, 1934.
By Order,
C. IL. KROWN,
Beerotary.
The alleged decline of cricket at the Hongkong University RIDING ST. GEORGE'S
which was discussed by R. Abbit in his notes last Friday, has brought the following response from an Undergraduate. The Editor,
Hongkong Telegraph.
Sir R. Abbiť's cricket article SATURDAY'S BOWLS which appeared In your paper on Friday last, has aroused a storm in the University. We in the Univerally
Canton, Apr. 17. As a result of a Challenge fasued by the six lowest handicap lady players of the Tungshan Recreation was held Club, a novel tournament on Sunday over the Tungshan Courts, against the six highest handicap male players. "World's Wornt").
The are very proud of our cricket des- Kowloon Clubs To Play match consisted of singles in the pite the lack of success of this year's morning and four balls in the after-team, and are at a total loss to evon noon. This latter was restricted to conjecture from what source R. nine holes, as there was a fear that Abbit could have gathered the | darkness might intervene.
Two conditions were made by the
rumours he wrote about.
Friendly
A friendly lawn bowls match will be played on Saturday next at 3.30 He says that he was sorry to find pan. between the Kowloon Bowling Challengers: Whenever a man shall that the Univeralty decided to give Green Club and the Kowloon Cricket
walk-over. If he had Club on the former's green. than the Club a have played five strokes more
The Kowloon C.C. alx rinks will bis Indy opponent at any one hole, he taken the trouble to ask his II.K.C.C.
friends he could have found that the be as follows: will pick up and surrender the kole.
position was quite different. We C. E. Elliott-Heywood, J. A. Howe, Men must run after the ball after wrote to the Club to postpone our H. Hampton and A. E. Silkstone onch shot.
arranged match which clashed with (skip); H. A. Lammert, W. J. our Athlete Sports. The match was Edwards, J. S. Dinnon and II. Overy then fixed for April 14 D the (Skip); II. Gitting, C. J. Tacchi, J. M. Club's ground. The Champlon Jack and J. Fraser (skip); M. N. test match then intervened and the Rakusen, W. W. Hirst, P. 6. Dunne Club asked us to abandon the match. and V. C. Labrum (skip); A. Jones, There was no question of nur glving W. Mulenhy, T. Carr and E. Kern them a walk-over.
(skip), J. W. M. Brown, W. Hyde, E. C. Fincher and R. P. Phillips (skip).
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"Criticism of our Davis Cup authori- ties has been very largely unjustified. The selection of players other than those who represented the United Lur facilities for the first American Statos Innt year was practically im- professional championships,
"I realise that there is powerful possible. Our players had all the physical accommodations and moral and sincere opposition to the Idea of encouragement that could have been open tournaments and that many! given them. Our defeat was due to problems must be worked at before the great play and improvement of the they can be safely entered inty. The English team. The defent of our attitude of the International Tennis leading singles player (sworth Feiteration in secking control of open Vines) was caused by mental anxiety play is difficulty. I am strongly | over personal problems of ble own against this and will go far to main- making. There is no raneour in this in the principle of home rule in! statement: we wished him then on we dealing with open play. Then there j wish him now every success in his new in the matter of the full schedule of
The men considered the latter condi- venture. The silence of our captalajtraditional intcur events, as well asi discussed these! (Bernon S. Prentice) in the face of that of inances.
tion rather harsh, it being generally undeserve!! criticism has been most points with a lending professional
felt that a short running Jump would player recently and he stated that a commendable.
New York, April 17, "Holcombe Warl, eminently wall two week's lournament patterned after
New York Giants. last year's Drinks
were placed and caddies qualified by his splendid record as na Wimbledon would be necessary, that
would World
Series winners, and to The men's neccunt, whilst official and n National champion at the professional association
as con have to have coordinate authority with Washington Senators, 1933 Pen-umptuous repast was furnished by both singles and doubles,
as chairman of the that of the amateur, and the event Hented to act
their the ladies. Davis Cup Committee for 1934. Jones would necessarily be played in New ant holders both
We must matches in to-day's opening pro- Results were as follows:- W. Mernureau will serve as vice-chair-York and not Philadelphia. man in charge of other international remember always in this connection gramme of the major baseball activities, and Walter Pate will that ur primary function is the deve-longues,
In opening his 21st season, Babej handle
arrangements. I hope for lopment of amateur tennis,
"My final ward in to urge that we Ruth, the New York Yankees star closer relationship between the work
committee and the general have less seriousness and more, fun batter celebrated his fifth wedding Mr M. Smith
M. Anmelt activities of the Association. But out of tennis. Let us get back to anniversary, but the Yankees were M:
поне out by the our first conceptions of the game.
G. Sellers especially I desire to express
Mr. M. Batchelor Philadelphia, opinion that if our team in beaten by have forgotten these over the years of luck being
Lou Warncke led the field of Total a better one on the day of piny, it is and in the stress of competition and not a national calamity. I believe, the mass of details that have com-
→ut Cin- however, that we will have a better plicated our major activities. Let us pitchers by blanking chance next summer playing on grass think of tennis as a game, a sport, cinnati. at Win.bleden thun we have had in at all times."
Paris, The banner sheet of the association past years on the clay ecuris Our men have always cleaned up well shows a profit of £6,500, compared to at Wimbledon, and then suffered a £6,100 in 1932. Commenting on these let down to their clay court matches euros, American Lawn Tennis states that the association's yearly profit has In France.
"In regard to professional tennis, thus increased by about 12,000 since. I have felt for several years that its 1929 despite a decrease in revenue growth has been inevitable. I am of about 10,000, an indication of the convinced, however, that if it is pre-economies effected in all departments. porly conducted it contains no real The gont of Davis Cup activities has fron. £3,000 in 1929, Lo menaco to amateur tennis. The great decreased gallery of 10,000 at New York recently £1,800 in 1932 and £1,600 in 1933.
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As to his imputations regarding the standard of cricket and his sug- gestion that cricket will die out, may I try to clarify the position 7 Keenness is certainly not lacking. an 1 con assure R. Abbit that we can The following have been selected to ralse three teams with ease; as many play for the Kowloon Bowling Green as thirty-eight cricketers took part Club in their friendly match against
the Inter-faculty
lust the K. C. C. on Saturday, month. The standard of cricket we cannot help.
A team like the University cannot maintain a stant standard of cricket season in in and senson out as cricketers come and во свету велкой. Last season we lost as many as Afteen of the twenty-two players who represented our two elevens. He said that Dr. Ride has become an absentee, which statement would seem to imply that he! 1 has dropped out of the team, while -being still available. He la, R. Abbit *may be glad to know, on leave and with he returning in time for the the next acason.
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Kho is on bis way to Shanghai to Join Khoo Hoot-hye and Gordon Lum before sailing to Manila to represent China in tennis in the coming Far Eastern Olympic Games.
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