John Bromwich, brilliant young Australian tennis player, who took Jack Crawford to five ests in the accompanying report of the match.
Girl Cueist Won Fame
By Defying a Ban
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Billiards girl Veri Seals, of Work- on Sunday afternoons she would sop. lost her title of woman amateur creep into the billard room with one champion at Burroughes Hall recent-of her brothers and they would piny ly to Miss G. Philips, of Worling. to their hearts' content.
But this was nothing to what her fother nearly lost when Vern first began to play the game seriously.
She lived at Chesterfield then. Her father
of an . was proprietar hotel there.
Sunday billiards
was
One day, Mr. Seals surprised the said: "Do you realise, pair, He Vera, that you are endangering ̧my licence?"
After that, he gave her every en- couragement-except on Sundays.
At the interval In banned
the Anal, Miss Seals led 753-741. In the last session, Miss Phillips staged a fine When her father went motoring recovery to win 1,000-008.
Vero delled 'the ban.
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BROMWICH WAS BRILLIANT
BUT CRAWFORD WAS CRACKERJACK
Five Grim Sets For Tennis Title
Sydney, Dec. 6.
By beating in turn Harry Hopman, Adrian Quist, and putting the fear of defeat in the heart of Jack Crawford yesterday at the White City, John Bromwich, aged 18, has proved himself one of the 'world's best. Probably he is to-day the world's greatest player of his age.
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To Be Continued
Ottawa.
The Canadian cricket team which the Hon. R. C. Matthews, of Toronto, took on a successful tour of England last summer will be continued, Mr. Matthews said here. The team was
WOMEN'S SINGLES CHAMPION. composed of the best young players
But Jack Crawford is N.S.W.(wich, 6-4, 3-6, 1-6, 11-0, 6-2. champion again, though it will not, be long before Bromwich annexes this title and many others.
Jack hears away the palm' of vic- Bromwich also earned
tory, but Actually he missed it by
surerss.
one stroke.
With a match point in play his stroke just sailed out, while the gal lery, breathless, watched it fall over luck for the Voy. the line. Ilard "Better luck next time," say all.
Fhier control and better pluck by a boy has never been shown. As the ball flew from baseline to baseline. Just clearing the nel, one wondered when the rallies would end. The summit of skill seemed to be reached only to be surpassed by the next stroke, and so on til one's brala ṛected.
The boy took an early lead of 2-0, but Jack railed and by attacking the boy's double handers won several 'points the right times,
Jack did better when he took the net,, but had to be careful in going there, for the boy passed him clean, it given a chance.
in the second set Bromwich im- proved. He simply refused to miss Janything, and Jock faltered under the
pressure to lose the secand set.
In the Bird Bromwich was simply 100 good, taking it to one.game. Jack rew missing shots that should
intssed nothing.
SHIP OF NEW SOUTH WALES Final: Miss N. Wynne beat 'Mrs. II. Hopman, 1-0, 0-1, 6-1. MEN'S DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP OF NEW SOUTH WALES J. Crawford and V. B. McGrath beat A. D. Quist and H. Hopman, B-6, 6-2, 7-5.
carefully selected from the centres of Canado.
cricket
Mr. Matthews was optimistle that England would send a team to Canada next year to return the visit of the Canadians. He will know definitely this month.
KING LEVINSKY TRYING TO STAGE COMEBACK
SO THAT HE CAN RETURN TO
HOLLYWOOD: PUGILIST
NOW PENNILESS -
row." King said. "When I'm through fighting i take any kind of a job I can get just so I enn make a few bucks."
have been easy for him, and the boy stollywood, where they apprechts in 1932 and he never even hurt
MULLED CHANCE
In the fourth set games went even- ly to 4 all. Crawford mulled an easy chance in the next game to take the
for later
me.
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Chicago, Dec. '0. King Levinsky, Chicago's eccen- tric heavyweight, is in training for coincback that will take him back to Bollywood. The clownish Chi- Before he retires Levinsky wants cago Hebrew, who fought most of to get revenge on Max Baer, who the top-notch heavyweights of the knocked him out in two rounds t past few years, is broke after col-the Chicago Stadium in 1934. lecting nearly $300,000 in purses, That's one guy I can Hick." sald but he isn't worried about his Levinsky. "He knocked me out be- Onancial standing.
couse I looked at a blonde in the "All I want to do is get back to second row, and he caught me one on the button. We fought in two said, Levinsky. "Out there I'm famous ns a gentleman, lover
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It was a lucky punch. Baer, me Lochin- just playboy and never could and h Aghter. They call var Levinsky, the great lover. When dght.".
getitle, Victor McLaglen calls the vealed he never had more than $1,000 Georgie Raft calls About his finances, Levinsky re- my boy! And there's another rea- in his pocket at one time. His end son why I want to get back to Holly-out of the purses he has collected I want them to see my new approached $150,000. His shore of wood.ed
When
the Louis fight proceeds was $35,000 cream-coloured automobile.
Hollywood Boulevard drive down
hend $10,000 set away for and they'll all turn to look at me."
trust fund; Levinsky, who has had more than
"I even lost this $10,000," said King 100 bouts in eight years in the ring. sadly. "My sister Lenn, who once hopes to keep on fighting for a couple was my manager, was sick and took of more years and then rotire. $4,000, and my brother took the other "I'm only 20 and I can whip most | $0,000 to open a business and went of these fighters they have around broke.
set, and this nearly spelt his defeat,
me 'Cutie'. Bromwich had a match point, outing after a fine rally with Crawford ooking to see if it landed
in.
Games then went to servers till Crawford won in the 20th game, Two sets all, and who would crack first! Both were weary. Jack was recking with sweat, while Brom- wich was plainly distressed, Yet the boy led to 2-1. Here he broke up and could not move quickly enough to get to the well-placed balls In the last game Crawford served four aces, but they would not have scored outright as they did had Brom- wich been able to move as he had. while fresh,
The score was 0-4, 3-0, 1-8, 11-0, 0-2. The honours were even. It should have been a draw on merit.
On this dispiny and the others men- tioned. Bromwich can pack his bag for the Davis Cup team. Brookes.. Clemenger and Robinson, the Vic- torians appointed to select Australia's teum, were there and were duly im- pressed. They could not help being. What was expected to be the match of the week proved a comparative frost. That was the Anal of the doubles between two pairs that have only one superior possible, that is Crawford-McGrath and Quist-Hop-
man.
Hopman was right below the. form that qualified him two years back as the world's second
best player. Quisi was certainly not up to the standard that has caused the world critics to dubs him the world's best doubles, player.
The player of this match Wad
Was
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INTERNATIONAL BOARD
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Anomalous Positions
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There has recently been much Informal discussion regarding the might of necessity be done by cor- establishment of an International respondence, but I think the Bourd Rugby League Board, comprising could meet at least every two years' Europe representatives of England, Austra when the Australians are lia, New Zealand, and France. The and when an England team' tours advantages of such a body are Australia and New Zealand. obvious, but the formation of it It would be n encouragement does not appear as easy as Ima-to the French League to be given Vivian McGrath. I have never seen gined.
direct
on Lepresentation
such a such slow drops across the fuces - In
the
case of other games, such Board, whose dutles should be main- most of his opponents as he made as Association and Rugby Union by concerned with the laws of the continually. Ile was amazing in his football, England, Wales, Scotland game
game and International relations delicacy in these strokes. Jack Crawford was superb in returning and Ireland have representation and generally." service, and despite his long singles voting powers, so that the actual match of almost three hours agile and determined.
PERFECT TEAM WORK The team work of the N.S.W. pair was perfeet. They adopted the fan- dem system against Hopman's returns of service, and with destruction to his accuracy. Hopple, failed overhead, while there Crawford was superb.
Quist improved in the third set, but
I cannot see that the Rugby League he had not enough support from his
of England will surrender that con- partner. Also he did not get in for enough behind his services. Both hetrol, but it hurdly seems the correct and Hoppie were caught on the ser-thing that England should have, say, vice court line to volley, or try to six representatives on the Board and arises between touring teams, both half volley, the clever returns.
Quist erred also in standing in close, while Hopman. was receiving, for Hoppie's returns were simply not good enough to justify Quist's post- on. He made himself a target for a smash ta his feet of the weak returns.
In my opinion, the laws of the control of the game is unlikely to game should only be changed by the pass out of the hands of what might decision of an International Board. be called the "home countries." But Each constituent body should have the case of the Rugby League is the right to bring forward and re very different
commend changes, but they should not be carried into effect unless, and until, approved by the Board.
If each of the four countries play- ing the game have equal representa tion, control passes completely out of England's hands and goes
to the Coionles and Franco.
As things are at present, each coun- try appears to have a different con~ ception and different interpretation of such things us play the ball, shep- herding, and off-side play.
Hence a great deal of misunder- standing and often unpleasantness
the other three countries only two here and in Australia. Some of our cach. Yet such would be a sound French friends, too, have been ex- solution of the problem.
· UNSATISFACTORY POSITION
tremely mystified by what they have even and experienced here in connec- tion with certain rules and methods.
An International Board would be The present position is definitely a big asset in clorifying the position, unsulisfactory, Organisations such and we should be sure that any Manchester and District alteration of rules decided upon
There was never any doubt of as the
Leagues
: AMERICA NEXT?
the result, though the losers im- League and a club like Millem have would have received mature con- proved and Quist In particular much voice in framing and alter-sideration.. fought splendidly in the last act,ing the laws of the game as the New and showed that his ranking in the South Wales, Queensland, and New
Zealand world's doubles is correct.
There are many other matters be- Those Colonial Leagues appear to aides rules which could and should In the final of the women's singles, Mrs. Hopman justified her defeat of have the right to attend annual meet-receive the attention of an Inter- Mrs. Westacott in the previous roundinge and to vote upon matters which national Board. The spread of the by taking the first set from Miss are of purely domestic interest. It game to other continentul countries Nancye Wynne, of Victoria; but when can be stated with certainty that can only be a matter of time, if the the future Australian champion open- such powers are unwanted by them, French League continues to prosper. ed out her exhaust, she raced home and would be readily surrendered in Australia, too, is imbued with the an idea that before mony years there decisively in spite of fine defence by exchange for representation on Mrs. Hopman.
International Board,
may be hn opening for the game in Misses Wynne and Stevenson, of Nearly every Rugby League, tour the United States, and it will not Victoria, proved too good for Misses manager who has had charge of surprise me at all if at the end of Menzies and Stebbing, winning easily teams in Australia and New Zealand their next tour here they return home in the third set, but Miss Menzies reports favourably regarding the set-via America and give exhibitions vollcyed well and Miss Stebbing ting-up of an International Board, there.
Should that iden develop, we ought drave on her forehand very finely, but, like a good many more sugges and tossed nicely
tions which they bring back, they to be ready to give the Australians Mles Wynne has the finest style are pigeon-holed for future con every assistance, and, if necessary, sean from any Australian girl forsideration-and
send along a team to play them in rarely heard of
America. years. Unluckily, blue bottle stings again.
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