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THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1929,

Sport Columns

WOMEN IN TENNIS

CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES OF

AMERICA

MISS NUTHALL'S VICTORY

Forest Hills, Yesterday. The third round of the women's

lawn tennis tournament was play- ed to-day.

AMERICA CUP

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LIPTON ORDERS HIS NEW "SHAMROCK"

OF 23, METRE CLASS

London, Yesterday. The noted Gosport yacht builders,

singles championship in the U.S.A. Campter and Nicholsons, have signed a contract to build Sir Thomas Lipton's America Cup challenger.

The new (U:S.A., the "Shamrock Fifth" and will he about 77 vessel will be called the Miss Helen Wills lady champion of the world) de-feet long on water line. This will bring feated Miss A. Francis (US.A.) her into the 28 metre class.-Reuter. in two sets, without the loss of

a single game.

Mrs. Michell, nee Miss Peggy Saunders (one of the British team to compete in the Wightman Cup against an American team) defeat ed Miss M. Gladman (U.S.A.) by 4-6, 6-0, 6-1.

Miss Betty Nuthall, former British girl champion, defeated Miss Bundy (US.A.). The latter. as Miss May Sutton, held the championship at Wimbledon years age and took part in the Wimble den championships this year, beat- ing Miss Eileen Bennett. Miss Nathall won 7-5, 6-1.-

Miss Helen Jacobs (U.S.A., run- ner-up to Miss Wills at Wimble don this year) defeated Mrs. Covell (another member of the British team for the Wightman Cup) 10-8, 6-4.

Miss M. Greef (US.A.) defeat-

(U.S.A)) ed Miss Sarah Palfrey

beat

6-3, 6-2. The loser is the 16 years old Boston girl who defeated Mrs. Bundy last week and, in the 2nd round of this tournament. Mrs. Shepherd-Barron, who is also a British Wightman Cup player.

Mrs. Watson (another of British contingent) defeated Mrs. Harper (U.S.A.) 11-9, 6-3.-Reu- ter's American Service.

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INTERPORT TENNIS

SHANGHAI TEAMS TO VISIT HONG KONG

The following official statement has been issued by the Hutturary Secretary

of the Shanghai Lawn Tennis Associa- tion:

The Shanghai Lawn Tennis Associa- tion hopes to send a tearn to Hong Kong in November.

The Hong Kong

L.T.A. has kindly invited both ladies!

Proud winner of Epsom Downs feature and second in Ascot Gold Cup Jace, Righ Count one of America's great thoroughbrede.

YACHTING

and men's team from Shanghai, but¦ THE INTERNATIONAL RACES

whether it will be possible to accept the invitation in full is not yet known. The men's team will be selected after the return the Interport team from Tientsin.

LAWN BOWLS

POLICE TRIUMPHANT OVER "BILLYCOCKS"

A friendly game of lawn bowls was played at the Police Recreation Club yesterday afternoon, when the Police were at home to the Billycocks." and defeated them.

The "Billycocks" is a combination of some keen bowlers under the leader- ship of the Hon. Mr. W. T. Southorn, C.M.G. They put op a very sporting game against the Police and won on one rink by the narrow margin of three shots.

The Police were on top on the other two rinks by margins of 18 and 8, res- pectively, and wen comfortably by 23 shots.

Scores:---

Police

"Billycocks"

W. Glendinning E. B. Reed

W. McLeod

J. C.. West

G. C. Moss

(Skip)

Pennell

A. Nicols

J. Field

S. T. Williamson

B. Maughan

W. E. Hollands

.... 29 (Skip) .... 11

J. Hargreaves

(Skip)

.... 30

J. Fonder Hon. Mr. T. H.

R. Marks

W. Muir

(Skip)

King

Capt. A. J. L. Whyte

Hon. Mr. W. T.

Southern

E. 1. Wynne-Jones

J. W. Deakin

(Skip) ......... 22

A. Cameron

G. W. C. Burnett F. Sutton

20

E. W. Carpenter

(Skip)

Total 56

23

Total 79

IN U.S.A.

A WIN FOR SWEDEN

Marblehead, Yesterday. The Swedish yacht Jacchane" won

THE CHINA MAIL,

MIGHTY NAMES

men

"RURAL" DAYS OF FORTY YEARS AGO

WIMBLEDON'S RISE TO FAME

The

Mecca of lawn tennis playera from all over the world, Wimbledon, still stands alone in the estimation and affèction of and women who have written their namos in letters of gold upon the archives of the game. To those who remember the very modest commencement

gathering destined to grow into the greatest lawn tennis festival of the year, it is a matter of sheer wonderment been so consistent and ao appeal that its advance in popularity has

'ing.

of a

The Wimbledon" of many, many years ago was conducted in such a manner, and the atmosphere was of 8 rural a character, that to the present generation it would be the cause of real amusement. But the

pioneers of those days well and

pionship, which he did exactly twenty years ago,

the extreme. She impressed every. one on her first appearance on a The first menace to our vaunted grass court, but even then-with superiority may be said to have oc- Mrs. Lambert Chambers still the curred in 1910, when there was a reigning champion, and awaiting real foreign or overseas invasion. the elimination of all but one of Among the competitors were Beals her challengers-we were not quite Wright, of America "Tony" Wild-prepared for her eventual triumph. ing, of New Zealand, who laid down

Suzanne All-Conquering his life in the War; and Froitzheim, of Germany. And in this season

Suzanne went gaily, almost care- "Tony" Wilding not only won the lessly, through her preliminary first of his four consecutive vic-rounda, defeating in succession tories in the singles, but, following Mrs. Cobb, Mra. Larcombe, Mrs. as he did Norman Brookes, reveal Craddock, Miss McKane, -Misa ed to us that the "pupil" had pass- Ryan, and Mrs. Satterwaite, then, ed the "master" in the art of the in the challenge round. game by the assimilation of new ideaa hitherto unexploited in Eng land..

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Thus commenced the unique career of Suzanne, the incompar- able, who, in spite of her mercurial and rather peculiar temperament, stood out

she

face Mrs. Lambert Chambers. This match produced what is, undoubt-

challenge" compared with that of two lady players. No fewer than edly, the finest battle-for it was Modest indeed, however, was this nothing else-ever seen between 1911. In this season Wimbledon forty-four games were played be was indeed a cosmopolitan gather-fore the English champion was g. There were five Australians, dramatically and rather unfortun including S. N. Doust; R. B. Powell, ately defeated. of Canada; 'Craig Biddle, America; G. de Martino, the champion of Italy: A+ Gobert, the forerunner of succession of great French players; Rache and Kleinschroth, Germany: L. S. Deane. India; P. de Barman, Belgium, C. van Lennep Holland; E. Larsen, Denmark, and F. E. Cochran, from South Africa. From that time Wimbledon has

Despite the ravages of the War, xrass courts of England with the been "nooded" with adventurous lawn tennis was not long in regain-

spirits from other lands, for while ing its popularity. In 1920 no Australians or Americans came fewer than forty different nation over here in 1912. the following alties were represented at Wimble- season saw the arrival of the Davis don, newcomers being from China, Cup players of the United States. Japan, and Greece, while Mile. Canada, South Africa, Australia, Lenglen proved her value once and and Germany, and the initial for all by again winning the sin- Contrast that with pearance of Maurice McLoughingles, and, in addition, capturing what now prevails, when thousands and R. N. Williams. And for the the doubles in association with Mias Ryan, and the mixed doubles with Gerald Patterson.

truly laid the foundation of rapid- ly-increasing interest. Still, pro- gressive as they were, the old-time lawn tennis men and women could, hardly have visualised the time when: forty different nationalities would be concerned together on the

destinies of the honours.

Some forty years ago consider- able interest was aroused in thei

fact that there was an estimated attendance of 400 at the Wimble don meeting, and that thirty-ave matches were played during the

tournament.

were

of pounds are annually returned torst time "the grass court cham-

world" onships of the those who are unable to secure ac-

instituted. commodation; when the chief arena is surrounded with

mammoth stands; when it is impossible for all those on the ground to witness an exciting match on the centre court; and when even the entries to the different events have to be curtailed in a drastic manner.

It would be impossible to suggest really what was the chief cause of the rapid growth of what may be described as "the Wimbledon fever" Many causes have contri- buted to this but possibly the skill attained by individual players had as much to do with it as anything else.

An Important "Milestane”

A "milestone," and an import ant one, was reached in 1905 when Norman Brockes, who over a long period was regarded 45 the "greatest ever," first came to Eng- land. Fortunately, he did so when the Dohertys were still a force in the land although they retired in 1907-and in a great battle the famous Australian was defeated by Laurie Doherty amid scenes of ex- citement then unparalleled in the history of the game. Brookes, how ever, had his consolation in 1907, when, at the commencement of a

defeating the late A. W. Gare, the last Englishman to win the cham-

the trophy in the series of three-corner-new epoch he won the honours by ed races between Sweden, Germany and

America-Reuter's American Service.

World-Wide Institution Wimbledon was now, in every sense of the word, a world-wide sporting institution, and the All- England Lawn Tennis Club com- menced seriously to consider what they could do to meet the desires of the vast growing army of players and spectators.

The last meeting before the War gave to Mra. Lambert Chambers the greatest English lady lawn ten- nis player of all time, and, who, fortunately, is still able to delight everyone with her skill-a cherish- ¦ ed record. She won the singles championship for the seventh time she prevailed in 1903, 1904, 1906; 1910, 1911, 1913, and 1914-thus exceeding the six triumphs of Mrs, Hillyard and the five of Miss Lottie Dod and Mrs. Ster.y-these four ladies, with, in later years, Miss Kitty McKane, being perhaps the best of the players produced in these isles.

The first of the post-War seasons saw the commencement of another phase in the history of this remark- able gathering. We were introduc- ed for the first time to Gerald Pat- berson and that much discussed and greatly admired French girl, Mile. Suzanne Lenglen. The ad vent of Suzanne was dramatic in

alone as long as cared to as the ideal of what a lawn tennis player should be in the art of stroke production. We may never see her like again.

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Tilden's Arrival · "Big Bill" Tilden in this season came, saw, and conquered, not only championship honours, but the hearts of the English lawn tennis people and what happened then and since, in 1922, the new and present "Wimbledon" was formed is rather a matter of recent history.

The Americans, through such players as Tilden, F. T. Hunter, and Miss Helen Wills, and the French, through H. Cochet, E. Lacoste, J. Borotra, and Miss Lenglen, have “farmed” the honours between them, and one or the other of these two nations appears likely to do 90, as far as we are concerned, for years to come. But while suprem- acy in the game has definitely pass- ed from us, Wimbledon remains the most fascinating lawn tennis carni- val in the world.

WATER POLO

KOWLOON "B" v. K.0.8.B.. “B” DRAW

Г

Another match in the Hong Kong Water Polo League was played at the V.R.C. last evening, the rival teams being the Kowloon "B" and the K.O.S.B. "B."

Both sides had opportunities of scor- ing, but they were weak in front of. goal. The best players were the two sets of backs who fed their forward men well. No goals were scored.

League Positions

The latest positions of the com- peting teams are as undar:-

Goals

P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts. V.R.C. "A" .. 4 4 0 4 14 1 8 Chinese "B" 4 4 0 0 12 2 8 Kowloon "A", 4 3 0 1 11 3 6 V.R.C. "E" 4 2.02 17 9 4 Navy

4 2 0 2 6 15 4 Kowloon "B"..3 1 1 2 5 15 3 Chinese "A" 4 1 0 3 5 7.2 4 9.2

E.O.S.B. "A". 4 1 0 3

Somerset ... 4 1 0 3 K.Q.S.B. "B", 3 0 1 3

8 15 2. 2 8 1

HONG KONG HEIGHTS

For the information of visitors the following list of some of the highest points on the Island and Mainland is published:--

island.

Victoria Peak

1823

Signal Station

1774

Ms. Parker

1734

Mountain Lodge

1725

The Errie

1725

Peak Hotel

1806

Taikoo Sanatorium

1000

877

Bowen Road Alterbeds)

297

Mainland

Feet.

8124

1971

U.S. Davis Cup Team. The United States Davis Cup aggregation defeated Germany in the final inter-zone matches at Wimbledon. Bill. Tilden, lower left; Frank Hunter, top left: Wilmer Allison, centre, and John Van Byn, right, members of the American team were beaten by France in the challenge round for the Davis Cup.

Mt. Davis

Taimashan Kowloon Peak

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