THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 20, 1937.
AUSTIN'S BATTLE WITH AUSTRALIAN
"DOUBLE-HANDED" BROMWICH
CAPTURES A SET
MISS MARBLE
MARBLE AND SENORITA LIZANA covered his foreing shot and began
BEATEN IN DOUBLES
(By A. Wallis Myers)
London, June 25.
WIMBLEDON society is founded on hero worship, and great was the
rush from court to court yesterday to see or attempt to see
popu
lar favourites in action. Queen Mary, in dove grey, graced the committee box in the Centre Court for the first time, and witnessed a varied interna- tional programme and incidentally the defeat of Miss Alice Marble in the doubles, the conquering pair including an English girl.
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THE MEN'S SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP WAS ADVANCED TO THE LAST SIXTEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA HAVE FOUR SURVIVORS, AND GERMANY AND AUS- TRALIA TWO EACH. NEW ZEALAND ́· ARE REPRESENTED, SO ARE BELGIUM AND CZECHO-SLOVAKIA. ALL THE BIG GUNS ARE UNSILENCED ALTHOUGH SOME OF THEM HAD TO WORK OVERTIME YESTERDAY. TWO AUSTRALIANS AND * GERMAN DESTROYED THE JUGOSLAV, TEAM EN BLOC. CHINA WERE EXTINGUISHED- AMERICA, JAPAN BY GERMANY, AND ENGLAND ENGAGED IN A JOINT ENTERPRISE,
Austin's match with the heterodox Jack Bromwich (pronounced like the football team) was the most exciting of the day, although Von Cramm's engagement with Yamagishi produced more sparkling service and very nearly five sets. "You cannot be a hero without being a coward." Bernard Shaw once observed, and to say that Austin must have feared defeat at the hands of the 17-year-old Sydney lad, paying his first visit to Europe, only means that Austin faced a real crisis with great courage and left the court a stronger man.
Bromwich was dangerous in only two sets, the second and the fourth. His double-handed shots on the right wing needed a big- ger court in the first set and his lobs were poorly gauged.
Austin's stream of straight and diagonal drives, played with the confidence and accuracy one had seen the day before, were good enough, plus a discerning eye, to win an eight-game set.
AFFECTED BY SLOWER COURT?
One suspected the slower turf of England with its higher bound was embarrassing the young Australian; he shines most in Australia on "fast wicket" with the ball shooting off it.
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His Lacoste-like game. with patience, persistency and surprising speed of foot as its virtues, came into view in the second set and soon Austin was engaged in 2 stern chase after balls that sped to all kinds of unexpected places.
The waiting throngs outside,. following the score on the electric
LOVE SET
H. W. Bunny" Austin above, was fully extended by John Brom- wich, the young Australian two- handed player, in their Wimbledon tussle described by Wallis Myers in the accompanying article.
retorted with dazzling confidence, his service winning several, aces, Only by a disciplined effort did the German avoid further anxiety.
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to draw the American forward with neat drop volleys.
At one time appearing perfectly safe, Parker had to use up all his ̈. spare energies and draw on
his perfectly trained temperament avert a fifth set.
If Deloford had only got going earlier! But he followed Disraeli's maxim-to believe in the heroic
makes the hero.
"Bitsy" Grant is always falling
down, and in the fourth set in his
tussle with E. R. Avory he nearly stumbled into a wrenched ankle.
His collapse on court was for- tunately brief, and he closed the ministration by a St. John ambul- ance nurse by patting her shoulder in gratitude as he returned to the fray. Then he won the two games for victory.
STEDMAN'S GOOD WIN Alan Stedman brought distinc tion to New Zealand by defeating Marcel Bernard with the loss of only 10 games. He looked the fit ter and had a long line of passing shots in his arsenal.
Hecht, the Czech second string, was too calm and insistent for C. M. Jones, who was disposed to double fault in his eagerness.
JUGOSLAVS' PLUCKY BID
Charles Hare, playing well, de- The Jugoslavs did not die with-feated young Fannin of South out a gallant struggle. They were Africa; and Lacroix of Belgium, fighting on an unfamiliar surface, found Lee without sufficient stamina their strokes affected by it, the for a long match. more is a tribute due.
Kukuljevic's left-handed
- U.S. GIRLS” HANDICAP Pallada, one of the greatest re-
That Miss Marble and Senorita trievers in Europe, took one set and Lizana, should depart from the wo- nearly two from McGrath.
men's doubles on the same day and not service, almost at the same time was almost spitting fire, troubled Craw-surprising, for both ford in the third set, though the menacing couples. Australian's sliced backhand to the American girls are not used backhand corner (the normal fore-playing singles and doubles at the
same championship meeting, hand) drew agreeable profit.
had drawn
to
and
Only Puncee, faced with the heavy perhaps this was why Miss Marble task of checking Henkel, failed to and Miss Winthrop gave such. do justice to his Continental re-poor display against Mme. Mathieu cord. The German's drives across and Miss Yorke.
Yet the winners hold the French the court into the deep corners
always were often covered by a vollying championship; they were sortie, and we saw play that brook- the better-balanced and more ed little resistance.
sourceful combination. ENGLISH SURVIVORS
FATE SEALED
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sign board, rarely had such long hammered home some gorgeous Shayes and Shaffi scored good The Senorita was partnered by intervals between the points
re-drives. Yet the boy was not wins for England. The former, Miss Scriven, and their fate was gistered and the "40-40" that was through. He took Austin's service with his streamlined racket, was sealed by Mrs. Andrus and Mme. constantly appearing indicated the to lead 6-5, making some marvel-opposed to Nakamo, of Japan. Henrotin, who were in the final of toughness of the fight and the re-lous retorts on the run.
Missing many of his passing shots the French doubles championship prisals that attended it.
Yet only to lose his own again. by inches, he was nearly two sets three weeks ago. Now his great chance to carry the down, but saved the second just in It was not one of Miss Scriven's But if Bromwich captured the match into five sets had gone. There' time.
vala days. Nor were the Senorita's last two games with some daringly was one magnificent rally in the Then he was Nakano's master, lobs of adequate length. Yet they encircling coups, to which last game which Austin closed with the Japanese tiring rapidly before nearly saved the second set after his head and his shoes both- cona corking passing shot. Che chal- tributed; Austin's reply in the third lenge was severe Austin survived set was convincingly brief and it with credit. sure. He took a love set.
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VON CRAMM TESTED
Yamagishi – recovered from 1–5
a fine volleying assault.N
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Shaff running miles, so it seem-
their adversaries had three match bet
balls and threw them all away
by ed in pursuit of the ball and mak timid play. Finally a forehand cen- ing fewer errors in an emergency
tre drive from Mrs. Andrus clinch-
than usual, defeated Van den Eynde ed the match.
but
who
three
MEN'S SINGLES
CHAMPIONSHIP
When he moved serenely forward Von Cramm was tested through to 4-2 in the fourth set one began and through by Yamagishi, the
in four sets. This was another to remember in regard to the new man with the flexible wrist and the
case of overhauling-one by pluck. weapons which Bromwich was
Oriental calm. Not so consistent as America kept its quartette ploiting that nothing is invented the German, the Japanese was, per only the immaculateTM Budge, and perfected at the same time.
haps, more versatile and more cap dismissed. Boussus, won
(Holder: F. J. Pars (GB)) THIRD ROUND BROMWICH FIGHTS BACK
able of surprise.
(Seeded Players in Black Type) Then back came this impassive
G. Mako (U.S.A.) beat Kho Sin Kie Grant both had ad- (China), 3———6, 6—1, 6–2, 6———4 youth with the untiring feet into to 4-5 in the first set, breaking vent bus÷matches, and Mako after
J. H. Crawford (Australia) beat F. the picture. He fought every inch von Cramin'
na service effectively in
Kho Sin Kie to explode 108
Kukuljevic (Jugoslavia), of the court in the seventh and the 8th game and using the drop him out of the first set, took the L. Shaffi (G.B.) beat Van den eighth games and won them both; with great ingenuity to disturb a next three with a hot-footed dis Eyndex (Belgium), then took the lead at 54 against driving rhythm. ~
64 tgplay, the Chinese losing his touch the service and had Austin thorough- The second sets like the first, before the attack.
AC Stedman (New Zealand)-6 M. Bernard (France), 64, 6—2 ly point-conscious.
went to von Cramm in the 10th
PARKER LURED FORWARD
D. Prennbeat E. Godsell (G.I Bromwich did not serve well in game, the third was captured în a Parker used a pair of light-shad-|6–4, 6—1′′ 6—2. the tenth game he is much less blaze of glory by the Japanese; ing glasses in his match with De Pallada (Jugoslavia),
V. B. McGrath (Australia) beat provocative using one hand than and in the 4th, when von Cramm|loford, but he took them off when i when he employs and Austin looked safe at 3-love, Yamagishi the Kent man. 12 games down, dis-
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