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A STONE— WALLING RECORD

TWO GAMES TAKE "ONE HOUR

Mme. MATHIEU BEATS Mme. SPERLING

Mme. Sperling, of Germany, whose record almost justified her being graded as the world's best in one or two years, has always relied on deadly safety.

By this she has worn her op- ponents out. She met Mme. Mathieu, of France, in the final for the Beaulieu title. By safety she led at -5—2. The French champion up to then had tried for brilliancy.

Right there she gave the German champion her own poison and a bit more: She evened at 5-all..

"It was exactly 11.30 when 5-all was called. At 11.55 Mme. Mathieu

·led at 6-5. How long some of the rallies were no one knows. The play consisted of lobs to the heavens, each waiting for the other to miss.

PATIENCE REWARDED

Such patience I have never seen,' says WW. Robertson, in “American Lawn Tennis." "But there was a reward. Finally, at Mathieu won the set. in one hour!

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 6,1937

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Bill Bonthron, left, one of America's best mile runners, seen beating the Kansas Comet, brilliant Glenn Cunningham, form- er holder of the world's record, who recently won the Columbian Indoor mile and set up a new record in doing so.

LARRY GAINS ACCEPTS

HARVEY'S OFFER

© London, May 12.

Larry Gains, former Britishi, ami Empite heavy-weight champion, prepared to accept Len Harvey's challenge to meet in a contest for £500 a-side,

Gains is in training for a contest in London, but states that he will be ready to fight Harvey as soon as that bout is over. Harvey defeated Gains on points at the Royal Albert Hall on Feb. 8, 1934.

BOY, FOOTBALLERS AT MANSION HOUSE

London, May 11. Members of the London and Glasgow boys', foot- ball teams who met at Craven, Cot- tage on Saturday for their annual match visited the Mansion...... House yesterday. The match was won by Glasgow, 3 to 1, the first victory of a Glasgow side in London, for +25 years. The City of London Remem- brancer, Mr. Leslie Bowker, ghow- ed them the Mansion House trea- tsures.

the THE GREAT CUNNINGHAM

12.30, Mme one willing to stay all day on

Two games [court waiting for an error which never seemed to come. The biter Sperling. bit. She lost the second set at 1-6.

some-Bravo, Mme. Mathieu!"

"That finished Mme. Never before had she found

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THREE-TENTHS OF A SECOND OFF INDOOR MILE RECORD

(By “THE RANGER”)

ON May 17, at Madison Square Garden, New York, the Great

«Glenn1 Gunningham; king of America's milers, again asserted his supremacy in the classic Colombian mile, with a thrilling last- lap sprint that whipped his young Kansas rival, Archie San Romani, and carried him to triumph in the dazzling time of 4min. 8.7secs.

Cunningham's time was within three-tenths of a second of his own indoor world record of 4min. 0:8.4secs, which he made in 1934. He covered the last quarter-mile in 59.7secs. San Romani led for ten of the 11-laps.

DAY OF THE VOLLEYER IN ASCENDANCY.

Adrian Quist's Opinion

LESSON'S FROM MASTERS

(By “AUSTRAL”)

Sydney.

Cunningham, who found this pace-making to his liking, lay in third place for mine laps behind the Italian, Luigi Beccali, the metres 1932 Olympic 1,500 champion...!

It was only in the last lap that Cunningham raced into the front, and he was able to stave off a great. burst from San Romani, who was only one yard behind at the finish.

BECCATA THIRD

The clockers caught San Romani in 4min 8.9 wees, Beccali in dmin. 9secs, Gene Venzke, who was 1: the way, turned in a time of dmin 11.1secs. Not too bad for last. Quist has stated that the day of With San Romani pacing, the ine the great võlleyer rather than of termediate times were 561 (secs for the great base liner is in the ascen- the quarter, 2.05 for the half, and dancy. I hope he will not practice [3.09 for the three-quarters. what he preaches in the coming the lap times were 51; 64 and 159.7. Davis Cup.

Adrian excels mostly because he

plays the whole game of tennis

good services and drives, which severe forehand drive too much till. he creates an advantagé in each he got his lesson fr rally on which he can take the net to volley.

Billie Johnston and Henri Cochet the Dohertys, and other great play- ers, won by playing the whole game, Tilden rose to his summit by add ing volleying to his already supreme driving game...

Norman Brookes

ave

in 1912. Then he took hisvä back tand by the "whole 51 heat- Wilding -in-3 Ti91% Tony had held the world title four years.

Brookes was then 89. The game will win ah though ther may be intervals which really come hief from individ