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“AMERICA HAS NO HOW LONG CAN I
CHANCE."
Tilden's Impressions of Davis Cup Team.
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DOEG AND ALLISON.
KEEP THIS UP?
String of Four Bogeys Discounted.
STRONG AND WEAK.
“BUNNY” AUSTIN DEFEATED.
Loses in Straight Sets to R. Miki.
MISS MUDFORD LOSES.
Austin,
Bournemouth, Yesterday, R. Miki, the Japanese tennis
of player, provided the sensation the day's play by defeating "Bunny" Austin, Britain's lend- ing player, in straight sets in the It is often said that you get the second round of the British Hard- best fun out of a foursome when courts Championship here to-day. "America hasa't a ghost of a chance of recovering the Davistach. side is composed of a strong The full scores were 6-3, 3-7, 6-2, Cup from France this Summer," player, and n weak one in partner-
though immeasurably declared Bill
formership. That is quite true. But I Tilden,
niost uncertain overhead. He was national and international chum sometimes think that the whole superior in stroke production, was pian, upon his arrival at San Fran- reason why this golf game is so able to lure Miki anywhere he de- visce, for his professional exhibi- interesting is that every time wesired, but when it came to the era tion tennis matches at Dreamland 80 out to play we ourselves are acial point he was strangely inept. sub-conscious partnership of a Miki, on the other hand, was quite strong player and a weak ono-satisfied to return everything from sort of golfing Dr. Jekyll and Mr.the baseline and concentrated on Hyde controlling the one body.- passing his opponent with fore-
It is Dr. Jekyll whom you se hand drives. Practising his swing before the round starts, swishing imaginary to time his volleying against sus. daisies with a fine free sweep of tained attacks the club. But as soon as we tee hand strokes.
The British player was unable
from Miki's back-
Pertinacious and
and the Berkeley Tennis Club.
Tilden and his touring troupe which includes Karel Kozeluh, the professional champion of Europe; Emmett Pare, Chicago professional, and Bobby Seller, San Francisce star, and half a dozen attendants to the royal court, came up from Los Angeles by train and were
up, it is Mr. Hyde who grabs the resourceful, Miki, by dint of bril met by a delegation of local tennis clubs. with about as much flexibilant ground work, went to 5-0, in officials headed by Howard Oity in his fingers as if he were the first set. Austin replied game. Kinsey.
holding it in an iron clamp.
It is Mr. Hyde who busies his before the Japanese player went [ly but could gain only three games mind with a hundred different out at 6-3. ways of spalling the shet, and whe swipes at the ball with a horribly lively rallies gave Miki a lead of degenerate caricature of the swing-2, but, owing to unsteadiness that he was using as Dr. Jekyll brought on by fatigue, Miki allow- ed Austin to creep up to 5-all, but after the sixteenth game he won the set at 9-7.
A new racket
"Big Bill," nattily attired in a brown suit of the twist variety, a high-crowned brown hat with the popular small rim, brown tie and a gay shirt, presented a striking contrast to Kozelub who WDS dressed like your every-day busi
ness man.
Kozeluh Tired.
Kozeluh, the swarthy complex foned Czech, whose tennis ability belies his business-like appearance, preferred to remain in the back ground and his only comment was that he is a bit fed up on profes sional exhibitions and wants return home for a good rest.
to
. Referring again to America's hopes in the forthcoming Davis Cup matches, Tilden says they "don't exist."
"Amerien and the makings of a
winning team in Allison, Van Ryn, Lott and Doeg, but Doeg has de- finitely
his announced
re- tirement
the from
interna- tional competition, and Allison, hus alsu declared that he will not be available. With these two withdrawals, America has lost one- half of each of its two doubles combinations. so she hasn't a ghost of a chance of recovering the Davis Cup.
Good Youngers. "Sidney Wood and Frank Shields Bre both excellent material, but neither has ever
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played in the Davis Cup matches before. It takes five years to turn out a winning team, Bo you can sec just how the United States
stands.
"Cochet hasn't a chance to play this year because of his recent ill ness, but La Coste and Brugnon are still there to carry on for France."
Although it is the belief of the tennis authorities that Tilden is making his farewell tour as a professional player, Big Bill has other ideas on the subject.
"You nover can tell. I am not getting any younger and no one knows what the future holds in alore. On the other hand, I might do a 'Bernhardt, Tilden laughing ly added.
Never Teach Professionally. "One thing is certain. I will never teach professionally, al- though I do hope to instruct and assist the younger players whom ] think warrant it as I have done in the past,"
Tilden, after his San Francisco exhibitions, will return to Holly wood to complete a series of short films on tennis and believes his work before the camera will be finished within a week.
-five minutes before.
to
Of course. the two partners within ourselves are not content play alternate shots, writes Archie Compston in The Evening Standard. Dr. Jekyll will perhaps he in charge of the club for three or four consecutive holes, but you can see Mr. Hyde itching all the time to get hold of the club and
have his turn.
"Too Good to Last." Take your own case, Mr. Average If you have a string of Golfer. three or four "bogeys" in succes/ sion does not the Mr. Hyde with
In the second set desperate and
in the third set completely failed to change the Briton's luck, and he beaten 6-2 to lose the match.
Another surprise was provided in the ladies' section where Miss Sterry beat Miss Phyllis Mudford in the second round by 6-3, 6-1. Miss Mudford has not been beaten by a British woman for the best two years.-Reuter.
FINE BOWLING BY J. H. NEVINSON.
that Captures Eight Wickets
on Tour.
in you always start pestering you with the question: "How long can I keep this up?"
for the It is just the same champion in a big tournament. Someone once remarked the difference between Bobby Jones and the other fellows was just that when Bobby had a string of three or four "birdies" in a row, he would go on look- ing for more; while the rest of the bunch, if they got a string of birdies. started saying to themselves, "This is too good to
last!"
M.C.C. DRAW.
A splendid J. H. Nevinson, wickets for 52
Cairo, April 8. bowling feat by who took eight falled to force a
win for H. M. Martineau's XI. over the Gezira Sporting Club at
Cairo yesterday, the match ending
mind scoms incapable of keeping in a draw.
It is peculiar how the human
on doing the same thing in exact-i
The Sporting Club, who had ly the same way. You see this on made 106 for three the green cloth as well as on the were all out for 179, Nevinson tak- on Monday, green. How often a billiard playing all seven wickets that fell yes- er brings a big break to an end by failing at a simple shot he has terday,
of times.
already played a score It is the same in putting.
You will see a golfer who has been holing out from all angles starting to grip his putter a little
lower down the shaft. If he would | be content to go on just as he had been doing, he would be all right. But just because he is put ting well, he starts trying to make more sure of the accuracy of the stroke each time until at last bo is gripping the club ao low that all the intelligence has gone out. of his fingere, and his putting touch suddenly deserts him,
Dr. Jekyll may still be swing. Ing the other clubs, but Mr. Hyde has got hold of the putt- er!
Mr. Hyde Creeps in
behind
Following on, 155 runs
on the first innings, the Club batted freely and had scored 324 for six when the second Inn-
ings was declared closed. Of this total Major Pank made 114 and Dury 78. W. G. Lowndes took two
wickets for 15.
The tourists wanted 170 to win but had only made 50 for two at the drawing of stumps.
HOME FOOTBALL.
CELTIC DRAW WITH QUEEN'S PARK.
SCOTTISH LEAGUE.
London, Yesterday.
Goals.
42
42 59
11
In a match played in the Scot- tish League to-day, Celtic drew Even Bobby Jones would scem with Queen's Park, the score being to have a Mr. Hyde of his own, one goal each-Beuter. because he confesses that he has again and again lost accuracy of
P. W. D. L. F. Á. Pts. direction with his driving through Rangers ....88 27 6 6 90 20 60 creeping forward on the ball. Celtic .....38 24.10. 4 101 34 58
.38.24 Motherwell
8 0 102 His Dr. Jekyll likes to have the Partick....88 24 59 78 Bill will then resume his tour ball teed opposite his left heel, Hearts .88 19 6 18 00 85 AK with Kozeluh, Pare and Seller, and as long as he keeps It there Aberdeen ...88 17 7 14 78 62 Tiiden la now negotiating for an you will find Bobby hitting them Cowdenbeath 88 17 7 14 58 05 -41 exhibition at Stanford University along a chalk line. But as sure Airdrie. 88 17 5 10 05 03 19
Upon completion of the present us he gets a bit careless, his Mr. Hamilton
17 6 16 00 68 89 88 16 5 17 59 tour, Tilden plans to make a play Hyde seizes the opportunity to Kilmarnock 87 15 5 17 Ing trip around the world," and take his turn on, the tee and be Clyde
.......88 15 4 19 hopes to play in San Francisco gins to edge further and further Queen's Pk, 88 187 18 again before hepping off from Van-forward until he is playing with St Mirren 38 11 8 19 49 72 30
Falkirk the ball opposite a point three or Morton 88 11 7 20 68 88 20 four inches behind his left heel.
.38 8 11 10 51 35 27 Bobby says that time and again Hibernians..88 9 7 22 49 81 25 In the middle of championships het Fife 38 8.4 28 45 103 20 has gone through the same cycle
couver,
U.S. BASEBALL.
RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S LEAGUE GAMES.
· INNINGS CALLED.
New York, Yesterday. The following are the results of baseball matches played in the National and American Leagues yesterday:
Haley National League, Philadelphia 9 Boston New York BBrooklyn St. Louis
8 Pittsburgh. American League. Cleveland 10 St. Loula Washington Chicago
New York
8 Detroit
Leith-
72 38
.88 14 4 20 77 87
.87 7 11 19 52 92
found himself beginning to get sinuating that this or that feature off the line; been puzzled to dis of the swing is the secret of the cover the cause; perhaps gone on
for quite a time before he realla good shot, and if you give the club ed that he had slipped back into this particular feature until the into his hands, he will exaggerate bis favourite fault; then put things whole swing is ruined. right again
Where Job has the pull over all the rest of us is that he is so much a better golfer that even when Mr. Hyde gets hold of the, club to hole or two he can afford to diag a few strokes, pro-
If you are in good form, and Dr. Jekyll is in charge of your game and you want to keep him there, the only plan is not to listen to any suggestions from Mr Hyde at all. best 8 vided Dr. Jayll can come to the disturbed by any speculations "Do not allow your mind to be
rescue,in time,"
5
Fourteen innings were called pat
Do Not Listen!
about, how you are doing it, but One of the troubles of the concentrate on the old saying of Harry. Vardon's, which Bobby average golfer is that when he is playing well, he is not con Jones declare carried him through the last round of the British Open tent to concentrate on hitting Championship a year ago at Hoy.
account of the darkness-Reuter's If Mr. Hyde cannot get at you lake "No matter what happens,
in any other way, he does it by in keep on hitting the ball!".
American Bert
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