Why Leave it
only to Austin?
OMETHING serious is wrong
SOME
with British lawn tennis,
H. W. Austin, who, gut through to the men's final at Wimbledon only to be heavily defeated yesterday by Donald Budge, is the one Englishman to show up at all well in the singles.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1938.
GOALKEEPER INJURED OUR GUIDE Sammy Tsang Carried Off TO THE
In Small-Ball Game
Stanley N. Doust Ful and Hong Ying
Asks
What, then, ka the trouble?
Our Ann
methods are entirely wrong. Lawn tenis nation Va itFEr over- coached.
To my way of thinking it is appalling that, out of 2,000,000 When a promising young Junior people playing lawn tennis in parks player has done well in some major
-icom and open spaces and 250,000 players | tournament (very
are the results of minor fourstaments taken what into account)
de our tenala officials de Why, they send the boy or girl to as mouebed. This 426 !risileulous
"Bunny" Austin
Too much is rapected og him
who belong in clufu affilated to the Lawn Tennis Assocntion, we canimet find ever one promising candidate to take Austin's place.
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CINEMAS
An unpleasant incident took place to-day),All, the galety and charm "Escapado" {King's Thatre, at the Southern Children's
Piny- ground on Saturday during the play-of pre-war Vienna reproduced on the off for the runners-up position in the talking screen in a delightful picture. Small-Ball League the Hop The success of the firm owes much to Luise Roiner, who has that quality Sammy Trang, Eastern first division of cariching every goalkeeper, who was keeping goal for Hong Ying, was brought down heavily during a scrimmage in the goal area and received a kick in the neck. He fainted and was carried off the field.
This resulted in free fight be- tween the supporters but order was soon restored.
Tsang was taken home where he received médient attention.
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WIN FOR RIGGS
Southampton, NY. Aug. 0. In the Mendaw Club final to-day. Bobby Riggs treat Sydney Wood 6-0, 6-3, 7-3 --United Press,
thing "wrong" according to the bank, yet she was the world's best player.
UNPOPULAR VERDICT
Maxie Rosenbloom's Draw With Bob Pastor
Hollywood, Aug. 6. Maxle Rosenbloom (184) draw with Bob Poster (180) in a 16-round bout to-day. The crowd booed the verdlet, believing Maxle had won. From the seventh to the 10th round reene in which they Farmer, of Honolulu, :
fruitlessly clamoured for action. appears. Willum Powell, of course, is debonair, but Frank Mor- knock-out over
lng n more serious role than usual. Others in the cast are Vir- ginla Bruce, Mady Christians and Reginald Owen.
sho
Bobby Y (160), of Manila, in the fourth of their 10-round bout. Kul Kong- yung (122), of Honolulu, scored a technical knock-out over General "The Rage of Paris" (Queen's and Padilla (121), of Manila, in the sixth Alhambra Theatres, to-day) of their 10-round bout, United Dantelle Darrieux, in her irst Press, American-mage picture, sparkles gally and proves the further versnil- lity of her talents. The dim Itself is an inconsequential comedy rom- ance, but gives the director, fiency Koster, full
to exploit Mile.
The story |
Darrieux's Perem
RUGBY FIRST TEST
To South Africa
not original, but has been made en- British Team Goes Down tertaming by the good work of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., who saves his friends from the Parisienne's clutches only to marry her himactf, Mischa Auer, Helen Broderick, Louts Hayward
and
Johannesburg, Aug. 6. Hurry Davenport.
Leading at the interval 13-0, South Landing" (Oriental Thea, Atrien beat Great Britain 24-12 in -day-As aport
from reali-
tre. Lo-day ties as
as Sonia Henie's birdike
Now, please do not think I would ¦ are apart from this munde Rllefers their Orst Rugby Union test match
auined 2174417 payers it mak natially good performers conSCIIKES of how they mike there shuts.
de away with professionnİR. And
On the daver
contrary feels
But I would not let them that his fout w
work
coach. that he
Their great value is in being 1 wing o
is nut hojding his takel as
able to give a player hard practice as the euch had held in to, then his game suffers
with some particular shot in which I had a sus who showed pro-
he is weak.
ise at dawn Batinis I would not send bin to a
professtobal to be coached unless
hard ¿ written guarantee that tak rown style 10172 mannes of holding the racket would not be alter
After all, which is the cursect way to hold
racket" Every champion has his д own ideas on this subject Norman Brookes. W. T Tiden. H iw Austin, Dont Burge, and FJ Petry all differ from each other in style, but who would dare which is light"
Yet
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many copches will not realise Instead, they try to rip on all the pupals the style Mat sunits thenusely e
1 temble to think what workl This young Englishman, whe
have happened to Suzanne Lenglen 32. BOW
ronnot
bi sim expected
RM 1 for somite shoulder the burden of keeping conches, as she
would Britain's me at the lewd of the bad she been English lawn tennis world for many
She broke all the JOUR years He has store his duty mobily Stroke Bluetirirs She did
set
COME IN TODAY!
SEE
We
to set about
Now, how are finding new talent?
ira place, a thorough search of all the clubs must be made. publie park courts well as The
And that Is tuti job to be undertaken by the officials at headquarters.
ng
SCHOOL FOR TACTICS
lo-day. --Reuter,
ALL BLACKS WIN
Brisbane, Aug. 0. The New Zealand All-Blacks bea!
Rugby Unton Test match to-day-
sphere! is her intest gay comedy. She up- pears as a Norwegian girl who fails, in love with an irresponsible Ameri- van bandleader
She follows him to America, learns that she has been the Australian 20-14 in the first deceived and, with Don Ameche's sten help, becomes a skating star. Reuter Bulletin. morvellous skating numbers, there a great dent of
Between her
is sup
of which is Romero in
surt
རྟ་ comedy, much of pired Cesar
by | POLIZEIPATA as the glit band rise
COUNTY
10-
Check
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CRICKET MATCHES
Scotland Beaten By
"Brid!" (Majestic Theatre day)eley Temple fans, especial- ly those who regard her as potential- I would decentralise search pures.
ly dramatte actress, will probably find this her best pleture. LVE the County Lawn Tennis As-
from Johanna Spyrl's abelations be responsible for finding story, it tells how Heidi softens the new and promising players lonely grandfather. encourages their own territories
little invalid girl to walk, saves the Ard's wealthy father Train the keeper, and is herself barely saved!
4 house fram being sold to the gypsies. track dow
at times, but! popiously there are also
of many moments
London, Aug. 0. CONDENTY Jeun Hersholt.
In a one day nutch at Glasgow. Arthur Treacher, Helen Westley. Pauline the Australians beat Scotland by 40. Moure, Thomas Herk, Sidney Black The Australiens had first case of the
ner and Mwly Christians are in the
wicket and compiled 143, of which) Barnes and McCabe scored 40 und 38 respectively. Scotland was
The Law Ten Assneration al- self, of course, smsid provide the money.
As a
means of ducovering of el talent I would run inter-unty rom- senetitions at frequent
junien players I would ever have frogties for them
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Let the 1. TA pay the expenses cast. of these young people to play foltrument here and a county match there. This would give them
27-
muchnationis
The
dence and a rtance to mert better i KIPLING'S "LAST
players.
i wint eloy professionals to
Alve tem the necessary 19 defice
POST"
Australians In One Day Game
| put for 82 O'Reilly was In dendly bowling form and took seven for 39. Northants v. Warwick
A Northampton, Northants were dismissed for 207. Hollies look six for $0. At the close Warwick had
when they were not engaged in com-Bugle Endowed In Histost two for 160.
petitions.
Then I would set up a school for touching court craft. Strategy and thetics play a most important part in lawn tennis.
Look what they do with promising young players in the United States, particularly mn California and the Middle West.
dale West.
To begin with. tennis Couraged vigorously m the schools. Boys and girls
whe show aptitude for the game, even at the early 26
Will
!
Somerset v. Glamorgan
At Weston-super-Mare, Glamorgan were all out for 108. Wellard and Every night at nine o'clock, win-Meyer euch look Ove wickets, for 32 ter and summer alike, the caretaker lind 40 runs respectively. At the Corner, Laos. Inces of the military cemetery
Dur close Somerset had lost Ave for 65. headstones and blows "Last Post."
Leicester v. Worcester runks of
Al Worcester. Leicester were dis- Worcester had lost missed for 130. three for 82 at close of play.
Surrey
V. Sussex At the Oval, Surrey had first lease
it 18
the
is a lonely little cemetery, but its very simplicity makes 1 afl the more touching and impressive.
of 12, he watched enrefully, and if killed in the Lous sector. Koodi enough are selected for Inter-sch
matches. Thrus
Havy
son
What few people know is that it Rudyard Kipling whose only cane Intu being through the wish off the wicket and rompiled 330. Sussex at the close lund seven wickets down for 447, Bartlett scoring 134.
Gloucester v. Hants At Cheltenham. Gloucester ware Knott was in good bowling foun and took Øve for 51. Hants replied with 145 for eight at the close.
Kipling presented the bugle, and Thy his will be left money to endow
begin to require the match temperatus nightly blowing of Last Post fenis 13
men.
INTER-STATE MATCHES
ever.
Last year the French State Roll- ways, which carry thousands of war- In the big schools there are lawn bereaved on their annual olleri- ! Tennis classes A professional 12 mages, arranged a broadcast of the: patel to give advice
to play ceremony from the spot, with against the children
to strengthen commentary in English. their weak shots. Court taught.
As the players grow,
geope เริ Posjetitions
craft
wiler
open to
them. Schul teaths travel to offer States and Inter-State matches are held.
As a result, when the boys and girls are ready to leave school thou- sands of them are keen and pro- flelent players, eager to advance farther in the game.
i am certain that California could select a team of a hundred first- class players under 20 who would beat a hundred players of like age selected from all over the world,
And if California can do this, why cannot we? It would pay our
our Lawn Tennis Association, Index, to send a representative out there to study the
details of how the game is organised so that we might follow their example in this
country.
Natis v. Derby At Shefeld, Notts declared at 301 for SALE Keeton and Yorks ruch contributed 109 and 110. At the close Derby had lost eight wickets | for 145.
LEAGUE TABLES TO SATURDAY
י
104
1st ins.
win, but Result on
match 1st inns,
County
W
r
lost W
Ps
Av.
Ps. Awarded
12
G
2
Yorkshire
21
Middlesex
17
102 140
9.143 8.700
156 7.429
136
7.158
112
5.095
5.778
112
5.333
108
6.143
79
4.750
104
4.727
4.250
98 4.000
GA
3.474
+0
3.333
$2 3.250
.032
Lancashire Surrey Somerset Derbyshire Essex Kent Leicester
Sussex Hampshire Warwickshire Unless we do make some bold
Worrester of thes sort we shall continue Notts to see All-American finals at Wim- Gloucester birdon. And, after all, it 13 our Glamorgan
move
tournament--or Is It?
Northants
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