Davis Cup Players Return
Australians End Their Travels
Melbourne, Sept. 25.
Three members of the Australian Davis Cup team, Jack Grawford, Vivian McGrath and John Brom- wich, arrived in Melbourne in the Ormonde this week. They have come back "to get down to business for a while," as Crawford put it.
Crawford sold he considered Donald Budge, the American ace, ar the No. 1 tonnis player of the world: He thought that last season Budge had reached the top of his form. It him playing was hard to imagine better tennis,
THE HONGKONG · TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY,
OCTOBER 19, 1937.
Star NOT TO RUN AT
Baseball Can Pay
£16,000, Soccer £470
FANS BACK
NEW DRIVE
(Dy Gordon Beckles)
admission is four shillings; in this country it is one shilling.
GATE PROBLEM
"It wo were, to raise admission prices, we would have to do so all round. And that would hit the small clubs badly. A shilling is already high enough;
"We put our burplus money when we have`nny-into building up
Professional footballers our teams, training now players,
want more money.
Their fans-judging from letters written by Dally Express renders- also want to know why that money is not forthcoming.
America, and especially California, was producing the most promising young tennis players at present. The long months of Californian sunshine were largely responsible, it gova first-class team time for much practice and 'developed the physique of players.
searching for talent.
"And it's the team that the pubile pays for.
A
"Football is essentially team game. Baseball is not; it is à game
Ug
"There is scarcely a player who CRN be said not to have at least doubled his .Income by entering football.
Why should good players be get-for individual prowess. The batter ting as Bitle as 24 a week, they usk, | is a star, standing up there all alege, when baseball in America can afford with not even anollier man, at the to pay decent wages to its stars? end of the pitch to worry about, na
The lowest pald U.S. baseballer in In crickel..
£1,000 a Rets year;
ar; the must an English Soccer player can get is £8 a week, with a bonus of £2 a win and £1 n darw.
"Terribly low" is how Tommy "Even if we re-scaled our admis- describes wagession prices all round it is still pald by the majority of clubs. Some doubtful if it would be in the in- pay less than £4 a week. A mun terests of the game to introduce the con't play, football all his life, and star system.” it is up to the players to improve their lot."
He was particularly plenird with the performances of Bromwich and McGrath in the German champion-Law, of Chelsea, ships and tournaments.
Spenking of England's chances in the next Davis Cup, McGrath said they were slender. There were few young English players coming un and or Australin he thought America would be the winner.
£50,000 TRANSFER
Lou Gehrig, of the Yankee bure- gets £7,000 д yenri
From the point of view of sport, f ball team,
he considered Australians were the| Dimaggio, youngest member of the most adoptable people in the world. team, is paid £8,000; and one player, They learned surprisingly quickly Joe Cronin, was recently transferred compared with other nations.
to them at a record transfer fee pl Bromwich said that as result of £50,000. the tour he had decided to change his tennis tettes slightly. Before £10,000 a season. going abroad 15.
bad Kiuno
bind
been
The fampus Baby Ituth once get
To arrive at the maximum a foot-
characterised by its stendiness. It ball star can expect to make in a Incked aggressiveness. Unfor-year It would be reasonable to take tunately he had found that many in- the following amounts:- ternational stars played the aggressive game, and so, after som pninful experiences, he had decided
on
non-
il mare aggressive game for the future.
CLUB TEAM CHOSEN
נו!
The following
Wages for thirty-four play-
ing weeks at A Summer wages for
weeks at 20. Win or draw bonuses
£272
......
eighteen
£108 (£2
say. £40
or CI) Cup-tie bonuses (varying
up to £12 for the Final) £50
Total
£470 If baseball can have been chosen
do it. why not represent the Hongkong Hockey football, is the thought behind the Club In the semi-final of the evi- minds of the English professional linn section of the Inter-section | pinyers, whose union is about to knock-out tournament "lo-morrow on begin a new campaign for money. the Morina ground at 6.15 p.m.-V. W. Benwell; J. E. Potter, E. V. Reed; R A., Bates, W. A. Read, G. Sommer:. S. Fowler.. T. Whitley, “G. E. R. Divett, B. I. Bickford, V.
Bond.
What are the facts?
The motijger of one of the richest clubs put their case like this:
"Where Is the money
from?
to come
"In the United States the average
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ASTON VILLA, beaten by
the only "goalcored at Norwich recently, had a shock at half-time which probably cost them the game.
Maund, their outside left the collapsed suddenly in
A doctor was dressing-room. summoned and said: "I think this man is suffering from pleurisy. He, must be taken to hospital."A call was-put- through to the police and the Maund was rusticd Norfolk and Norwich hospital under observation of two doc. tors, believed to be suffering either from picutisy or pneu. monia.
MATCH AGAIN DRAWN
to
(Continued from. Page 8.)
the
through an several occasions, but
came to Hayward and Heath rescue with fine clearances. There after, except for brief pricds when they made two or three dangerous breakaways, the Pollee were more or less in their own territory.
'Parker.
SYDNEY
Wooderson Has His "Exam"
Three outstanding English athletes, S. C. Wooderson, world mile.record- holder, A. G. K. Brown, British quarter-mile champlon; and Alan Pennington, Oxford sprinter, are not available for the Empire. Games, In Sydney. The team will be haunced later.
.~
Mr. Evan Hunter, secretary of the British Olympic and Empire Games Association, sald' that, of all the see- tions of the taun the shletes were Tuding it mort difficult to obtain the four months' necessary leaves The team, leaving on December' 4, does not return until the frst week in April, 1938,
Mr. Hunter added that when the athletics selectors meet they will have from twelve to teen pinces to fill from a list much curtailed from the number circularised.
STUDIES FIRST
Wooderson's
Is
-employers-he articled to a firm of solleitors in the. City-said that he is at present on his nhnual leave. As he is concen- frating on an examination next June,
he will not risk absenting himself. from his studies during the Empire. Games.
Taylor, the British backstrokę swimming champion, is another whose studies, at Sheffield University, re clashing with his Empire Games aspirations.
Surprisingly, the boxing section of the team is likely to be selected from full strength, "About thirty letters were sent," said Mr. Harry Fowler, secretary of the A.B.A. Much to our surprise for the boxing boys usually have difculty with their leave the whole bang shoot have written back '0.K.'"
According to Mr. Hunter, the most likely composition of the team, whose numerical strength will depend on the money available will bot twelve to fifteen athletes, four boxers, three- or four cyclists, seven swimmers, one wrestler and sixteen women com- pelitors.. One sculler and eight onrs- men also may be chosen.
HOCKEY UMPIRING
A short series of lectures on Hoe-
The Police had a larger share of, the exchanges, particularly in the first half, but their forwards failed to seize the scoring opportunities offered
Wall and formed a speedy attack, with key Umpiring will be given by Capt. Jackson formed a Brawn the best defender. The Bees. G. W. P. Kimm, A.E.C., in the Area showed considerable Improvement Educational Centre, blocks A and B. in the second half. L. G. Gosano shone every Wednesday at 0.30 p.m. The In the attack and was well-supported series commences on Wednesday. Oe- by A. M. Xavier and Ozorio. The tober 20, nian who deserves most credit in the uns Recreio defener, however, was young Marques, who gave a brilliant dis- play
right half. Consalves, at right back, was as sound as a rock. It was a good match with a fate end- ing.
The uned replay is to take place to-morrow (October, 20)' on the Police Training School ground at 5.15 p.m.
LOCAL YACHTING
These lectures should prove of in- valuable assistance to local hockey, and any civilians desirous of attend- ing will be heartily welcomed.
SPORT ADVTS.
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
The Ninth Extra Rato' Meeting will be hold (weather-permitting)
Gull And Zephyr Take at HAPPY VALLEY on Saturday,
Leading Places
Guir, sailed by Mrs. L. Stanton won the "A" class and Zephyr, salied by Mrs. J. Patiullo, the Y class in the first women's race held by the Royal Hongkong Yucht Club yester day over 0.2 miles.
"A" class started at 14.45 and "y" class at 14.55. Results:
Gul!
"A" Class
(Mrs. L. Stanton)
Finished Pos.
10.48.12
Ps. 1. 10
2 A
3 _7
True Bluc ... 10.49.23 >
(Mrs. G. D. Adams)
10.56.51
Jean
(Mrs. E. R. Edwards) Redshank 17.00:08 4
(Mra. M. J. Hopkinson). Eve
17.01.49 5
(Mrs. J. Bader) {Artemis
17.05.10 (Miss M. Whitham) Kittiwake
17.08.12.
(Miss P. M. King)
(Mrs. J. Pattullo)
"y" Class
Zephyr
17.18.04.
Winkle
Widgeon
17.10.40 -2
(Mrs. G. M. McClutchle)
17.20.03 3
(Miss H. Crawhall-Wilson)
Keron
17.20.06 4 (Mrs. B. M. Hodgkinson),
17.87.25.
Nannette
(Miss O. Patchett)
1
7
3
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