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World's Top-Ranking Tennis Players
And Their Doings
BACK in 1927 the Musketeers of France singed the beard of Uncle Sam, and it took ten years for the hiraute growth to regain its well-groomed appearance,
It coat Uncle Sam £50,000 to repair the damage.
On that September afternoon at Germantown, when those French adventurers, Lacoste, Cochot, Borotra and Brugnon, with Captain Gillou, turned a 1-2 leaway to a.3-2 win, United States lost the Davis Cup after seven years' tenure. Ten times United States teams went in search of the Cup. Nine
times they came empty handed,
The total cost of those excursions' exceeded £50,000.
And believe it or not, Dwight Davis, donor of the Cup, paid £120
for the Cup in 1900.
Elizabeth Ryan, winner of tournaments beyond remembering, and now a professional coach in the U.S.A., had her say re- cently on players big and small in the public eye. Here are a few cheerios to friends we know.
"Donald Budge," she says, "İs tops. His perfect court mannera and portannnship, together with Iris abulty. have won British: an well a American hearts, Budge has the perfect stroke-bia fore- hant. Fred Perry's wrist drive can be used by only one player in a hundred, but Don's arm drive is easily developed and safer. "Everyone but the British press writers were sorry to see that other fine Californian, Alice Marble, de- fented at Wimbledon. The scribes rather madely said of her inconsts- tency: 'Allee is for too often in lon- derland."
"Aller needs experience. She is not a girl to albi, but she is for too ecratie.
All the needs is more tour- anment to make her the world's
greatest tournament attraction. und winner."
As Miss Ryan woh I champion- ships at Wimbledon, she speaks as que having authority.
Helen's Career
It was particularly interesting to
hear what Miss Ryan had to say of the decline of licen Tull Juests, who, until the US, singles last year, when Alice Marble defeated her, was Queen of tennis.
"Unless Helen Is careful, she will
Here is the feminine of il:--"Dressed in a black and white flowered print dress, with wide black velled but, sun fan huse and black pumps, Mrs. Moody posed for five minutes on the courthouse steps for photographers while wathing for Judge Gould to, ar- rive."
ENGLAND BEATS WALES
In International
Soccer Match
Before
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London, Nov. 17. crowd of 35,000
spectators, England to-day de- feated Wales in the International soccer championship at Middles- brough by the odd goal in three after the score had been dead- locked at 1-1 at half time.
The weather was pleasant and the
find herself dropping from the top fights of tennis," suya Miss Ryan. "She is being drawn from the game. by other interests. She must deterground conditions perfect when the miine to take her game neire serious-teams lined up a previously ly.
nounced. They were as follow:
recently
Very interesting, for "Pop" Fisher, her couch, se lant Helen was finishing her great career In tennis, Health and circumstance were defealing her. What circun- stances? What alfuremenia?
Americans acclaim Helen
oue
of the few players in the United States who prefer in work for her livet hood,
Since she bas reached the top of the tennis world, Misa Jacobs has written four boots and numerous magazine articles. Then, to prove her ability was something opari from the bonst of her tennis rame, she wrote a novel under a pet-name, and
It satcceeded,
ap-
Sproston, England. Woodley: Barkas, Crayston. Cullis, Copping: Matthews, Hall, Mills, Goulden and
Brook.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1937.
Socking Huge Negros
For Olympic Games
Paris,
Three executive members of the French Athletic Federa- lion, financed by the Ministry of Colonies and the sporting newspaper, L'Auto, are going to Senegal on December 3 to seck native athletes for the next Olympiad,
The unique search was prompted by the success of American negro runners and reports of astounding feats by Senegal marathon runners. Some are 7ft. tall and are able to leap 26ft. across canals.
CLOSE WIN FOR
ST. JOHN'S
Kowloon Tong Defeated
(By "Abo")
For its victory over Kowloon Tong in the "Division of the Men's Badminton League last evening, St. John's had G. A. Smith and A. Keown to thank; | these two, after being on the lower end of a 16-8 score in the
deciding tic of the match made a smart recovery against F. S. Ko and Peter Lo, and finally won by 21-16..
The sides were evenly matched. At the end of the first round, Kowloon. Tong led 2-1; after the second, the score was 3-3; and it was left to the last game of the encounter for the Issue to be decided.
F. H. Kwok and Rev. A. J. Bennitt
played a great part in St. John's vic tury. They laid a solid foundation by winning all their three games and
WEEKLY HOCKEY COMMENTS
BY "THE PILGRIM"
Caer Clark Cup
COACHES SHOULD
CHAMPIONS · OVERCOME NOT
ST. ANDREW'S
Scoring one goal in the first half and four in the second, the "Y" Ladies defeated St. Andrew's Ladies on their own ground last Saturday by 540 in the Cher Clark Cup. There was never any doubt |from the beginning as to which was the superior side. The Saints showed very little com- bination and were slow, whereas
Miss V. Bradiry Plapect well on the right wing.
the Champions displayed keen understanding and speed.
The "Y" forwards, led by Mrs.
made a Burnett,
vigorous attack from the initial bully, and setting the pace, soon scored. Mrs. Burnett sent the ball into the net following up a pass from Mrs. Gardner. Just before the interval arrived, Mrs. Rose
Saved
from a beauty
Mrs. Gardner.
On resumption, the Saints
were the defensive, and Mrs. forced on Rose soon pickled further goals to Miss M. Sraith and Mrs. Burnett. pleasing feature in this half was the concerted efforts of the "y" attack, wing combinations especially
A
counteracted the loss of the three matches by P, Wilson and N. Smith. Wales.--Gray; Turner Hughes: G. A. Smith and Keown started off Murphy, Hanford, Richards; Hopkins, shakily, and were well and truly Leslie Jones, Perry; Bryn Jones and beaten by N. A. E. Mackay and Albert Monis.
Chon. by far Kowloon Tong's opening match. Barkas, the English captain, won steadiest pair, in their the toss and took advantage of a stiffey improved tremendously as the working in unison. Though she did
were right on breeze. Englund pressed in the open-one progressed,
form towards the end of top their
ing stages, but.In the afteenth minute their tie with Ko and Wales electrified the crowd with a magnificent goal after a breakaway Bryn Jones passed to Perry, who al Her courage on the courts was wut-though huressed, scored highs into the standing. At least a dozen" Umes she net from outside the penalty area. has faced a big tennis ocension strap- ped up like a mummy. For years she was under the shadow of a social
Leud with Helen Wills Moody. At that time she had to be content with
Lo. Smith
was impressive in the forecourt, and though he was presented with easy kills through the nervousness of the Kowloon Tong pair at critical stores, he made' Jew mistakes. Keown played his part nobly; several of his shots were masterly. Still, he has to be less erratic before he can reach the front rank of local baul-
ENGLAND EQUALISES
Wales was then dominant, but Matthews equalised in the 28th minute, outpacing Hughes and cross-minton. best. - but, uudismayed-sheng the ball into the goal mouth. He baitied on. Now she is established. followed up and forced the ball into circumstance and health are forcing the net in a melee,
gallant lady from her first love- Tennis.
Second
"Poker Face"
Helen Wills Moody, tennis queen for more than hal ber 30 years, made little fuss about getting her divorce from Frederick S. Moody, Inc., of San Francisco. The plea took Dis- trict Judge Clark J. Gould exactly two minutes to grunt, the grounds being inental cruelty.
At half-time the score was 1-1. Perry, the Irish centre-forward, was injured in the right knee in the 55th minute, but resumed after at- tention.
England supplied good football in the match which, however, did not rench the standard expected.
lill scored the winning goal for England in the 60th minute with a low left-foot drive,
A Cun-tie atmosphere developed in
"Little Miss Poker Face," as kielen was known to tennis fans, met what might have been an ordeal to another The final whistle blew with Eng woman with customary nonchalance. Į Innd winning by 3-1.—Reuter.
PROMISING YOUNGSTER
Another promising player on the St. John's side was N. Smith, who Amashed with great power and gave refreshingly vigorous display, but his partner. Wilson, was entirely off form.
'Mackay and Chan each made bril- Hunt shots, but there were also mp- ments when they failed with the;
casiest ones. Nevertheless, they were the home team's best
combination
and were seen by several fine rates.
not find the net, Miss V. Bradbury on the right wing, paved the way
Four of the for her side's victory. Koals were from her accurate cen-
us, and she displayed a fine turn Miss Chang guessing as to what she of speed which left Miss H. Reid and
was going to do next.
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SOLID DEFENCE
Mrs. Gardner, loo, kept her well fed. Miss Westcott and Miss M. Sinil, on the left flank," "were also" in the limelight with speedy dashes down the wing Miss M. McCaw, nt centre-half, was a good schemer and distributed the ball well. Miss Tonge, on her right, worked hard and made
openings. Mrs. some good Burke and Miss A. Fowler were ex- tremely steady backs and were never Bustered. Miss J. Lakeman, in goal,
was never tested.
was neve
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SHOUT
Irritating Habit
BRAWN
CUP
SERIES
C.B.S. "A" Beats
St. Andrew's'
Displaying greater zest in the
Following the numerous com- plaints made to me by interested first round of the Brawn Cup spectators recently, I would like Series last Saturday, the C.B.S. to make an appeal to men "A" defeated St. Andrew's by coaches of Indies hockey teams
to refrain from making loud re- the wide margin of 5-1. The marks to their ladies during a match.
In doing this. i want to make it very clear at the outset that I am not casting any reflection on any person in particular: my appeat is iu coaches in general.
Its all very well shouting to the ladies in a friendly knock-up, but this is all wrang when a con- petition game is in progress.
Conches in the Colony, I notice. have a bad habit of running up and down the touch-line, shouting to their team.
This is absolutely un- necessary, and is very annoying to the spectators. It also embarrases the ladies concerned and irritates the umpires.
An umpire has full control of a same and pinyers, and if a coach interferes with the game, the umpire has every right to tell him to sit i up.
The Ladies' Hockey League com-
menced in grand fashion last week- end and no difficulty was experienced
Man D. McCaw **
A hat tricle" for her.
NAVY
LOSES
AGAIN
Triangular
Tourney
(By "The Pigria")
Some fast hockey was seen on
the Navy ground at King's Park last evening when the Hongkong Hockey Club took full points from the Royal Navy in the Triangular Tournament, winning by three goals to one.
Exchanges were fairly fast in the first ten minutes with Donald and Whilworth combining well on the Navy's left flank. W. A. Reed, at centre-half for the Club, was also prominent with his timely intercep tions and smart flick passés,
Soon after Benwell had made a successful clearance from Blacker, the Club got away and was awarded a short corner. Divett scored from the resullent hit, the Navy attack for some unknown reason falling to make ground after the whistle was blown.
The Navy forwards again got going but were too well covered by the Club halves. Just before the inter- val, however, Whitley found the net with a fast rising shot from a pass off Bickford.
After the interval, the Navy attack kept pegging away, but could get no results. The forwards, improved, and whitley, Divett and Bickford worked well
together. With 15 minutes left for piny, Billings had the misfortune to delect the bull with his head, and Whitley, taking full ad- his side further ahead.
NAVY SCORES
in obtaining umpires. None of us schoolgirls are to be congratulat-vantaged, pounced upon it and put would want to see an umpire throwed on
a success fully deserved ing in his hand before the game ends because of their team work and because of friction with a coach determination. And this is able to happen Unless some of our conches mend their ways. Furthermore, coaches should re-
alise that an umpire's services are voluntary and there are any re- marks to be made, they should be made during the interval or after the match. I sincerely hope coaches will take this warning of mine in the same spirit as it is meant and refrain from further comments on the field of play.
NOTES OF CURRENT INTEREST
MIS
From the bully-off, they swarmed to the attack and before the interval arrived they were two up, Miss D.
goals closing
McCaw and Miss M. Booker nelling. On resumption, the Saints still found themselves on the defensive und splendid work by the fast C.B.S. nt- tack saw them odd further through Miss McCaw (2) and Miss J. Booker. Towards the stages of the game, the girls seemed content to hold their lead and it wDR during this period that the Saints' left flank got going and Miss Kole- wall found the net, Miss Pasco being f unsighted.
Thereafter the Saints' attack made feeble attempts in trying to reduce the defelt, keeping the C.B.5. de- fence busy without being extended. Miss D. McCaw is to be compliment-
TISS H. Laihovetski, the brillanted on performing the "but trick" and for the way in which she led the young C.B.A. left half, is at pre-attack. The only team I can think sent under
doctor's orders and is of which will give the Champions-n- "forbidden to participate in further
run are the Ulster Rifies Ladies. hockey games for the rest of the seuson. This will be a great blow to her team.
am glad to hear that D. McLellan, the former Y.M.C.A. skipper and centre-half, who is a schoolmaster at the C.B.S., Is encouraging the boys to include hockey among their games at the school. He tries to squeeze a game in once a week and the lads are certainly interested.
Except for a few desultory ralds, the Saints had an "off day". They will have to show a vast improve- ment in their team work it they hope Lo be
the runners-up. But for plucky defence of Miss J. Wong, as
left pivot, and Miss G. White, at back, MISS Ann Fowler, captain of the
M defeat would have been much more 17 y Ladies 1st XI, received a severe. One glaring fault mide by their defence was their lack of cover-nasty hit on the shim last Saturday Ing up. Two, and sometimes three. defenders were seen to tackle an
the closing stages of the game wher, E. Lee and A. E. H. Castro were the Weislimen had several narrow
not well-puired, und Ko and Lo had escapes.
a tendency to crack up at the vital stages. A little steadiness at the re- wired moments might have given Ko and Lo three games. They beat Wilson and Smith; against Kwok and Bennit, they were the first to reach 20, only to be overhuuled; and the opponent, thereby leaving other nt- tale of their He against G. A. Smith and Keown has already been told,
Scores:
tackers absolutely untmarked The forwards worked without under- standing. Miss E. Churn, at inside- right played a lune hand and was the only.girl who looked like sCOT- ing. Miss P. Gittins, us lender of
N. A. E. Mackay and A. Cuna Kowloon Tong) beat P. 1. Wihan and N. Smills the attack, was aver-shadowed by 21-10 lost to F. H. Kwok and A. J. Bennitt 13-21; beat G. A. Smiti sand A. Keown 21-7,
R. E. Lre and A. E. H. Castro beat Wilson and Smith 21-11; lost to Kwok and Dennitt 18-21; lost to Smith and Keown
10-21,
Peter Lo and F, S. Ko beat Wilson and Staith 21-17: lost to Kwok and Bennitt 20-21; lost to Smith and Keown 10-21.
Mies M. McCaw and Miss F. Wong, on the right wing, was suffering from an inferiority complex. Whenever she came up against Miss Fowler, the ball was placed right to the latter's sticft. Miss Roberts and Miss Drew, on the left wing were too slow and could not get going, Miss Reid, at left half, was out of position and could do nothing right. Mrs. Rose, in goal, saved the most dificult shots and let in some very ensy ones, The Champions must be given full credit for 11 merilorious victory,
during the match between the "p and the Sainis. I do hope she w be it again for her next League game.
que Central British School ground during the Beercio Ladies C.B.S. "B" game last week-end was so badly marked that the
"Umpires found great difficulty in distinguish- ing the lines. On one occasion when a goal was scored, the umpire had to run up to the scorer and make certain that the ball was hit within the circle. Would the authorities concerned see that that the ground and the circle in particular is well marked in future?
CONGRATULATIONS
13 The Y.M.C.A. men's team for the splendid exhibition it put up against
Macho last Sunday. But in falmess to the Portuguese colony, who were without their brilliant wing men, F. Nolasco and A. Angelo, and also G. Nolasco and G. P. Lammert. Hud these men been in the side, I doubt the “Y” would have held them to, a goalless draw as they did.
PARKER
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and Howlett, of the Police 1st XI, will be out of the game for a spell as they are laid up with football injuries.
The Navy defenders, though rattled, still played stoutly. Spencer sent hi forwards away and excitement ran
high when Blacker broke through the
Club defence with a good solo effort to beat Benwell. Thereafter, the Navy attacked in determined fashion, but the Club defence held out.
Bond was starved in the second half; otherwise the Club nilack gave
a good showing. W. A. Reed shone brightest in the half-back line; Bates on his right was never still. Wallbee was a pillar of strength at right back,
(Continued on Page 9.)
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Rugger Matches At Home
Wins For Hampshire And Laicoster
London, Nov. 17. Two matches in the County Rugby Championship were played to-day. At Bournemouth, Hampshire de feated Middlesex by 11-6. Leicester- shire, playing against the combined forces of Notts, Lincolnshire and Derby, won by 23-8. The latter fx- ture was originally arranged for to- morrow but was brought forward one
day.
Cambridge University scored an vasy victory to-day, beating Edin- burgh University by 30-0- Reuter.
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