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THE CHINA MAIL; EPTEMBER 20, 1937.

LENORE

WINS

ONCE AGAIN

HALF MILE OPEN SEA TITLE

AND CASH PRIZE OF $1,000

Cleveland, Ohio, August 17. Sun-bronzed Lenore Kight Win- gard added the world's profes- sional open water half-mile swimming championship late yesterday to her world's half- mile pool record.

Swimming the first match in open water, the Homestead, giri splashed in some 10 lengths ahead of Martha Norelius. to lead a field of 17 in Lake Erie's ripples.

Her time for the course

Lenore Kight Wingard, above, is seen splashing her way to vic- tory in the US. Women's swimming championships last year.

BUDGE AND THE PROS

Tilden Watches At Wimbledon

́(By “RACQUET”)

Sydney, August 15. Donald Budge, having risen to the highest heights attainable in amateur lawn tennis, is likely to have the usual searchlights thrown upon his every movement by the vigilants of the over-seas [Press.

These seem to have been turn- ed upon him as he carved his way through the rivals for the singles title, judged by the fol lowing in a London daily:

"Down at Wimbledon the other day I noticed 'Big Bill sitting in the competitors seats. Fancy that! A professional allowed into the holy of amateur holies-what- ever in the world is coming over the Wimbledon moguls! I never

from the Cleveland Harbour bry NORTH OF ENGLAND LAWN thought they would deign to re-

water to the shores of the Great Lakes Exposition was 12m 9s. There was no previous open water record. Mrs. Wingard's pool half- mile record is 11m. 34 4-10s.

NOT CHOPPY

"I was more timed than if I had swum the same distance three times in a pool," she said after her fight against the far from placid waters, The waves were rippling but **choppy

not

There was one false start, then the race of $2000 from the purse of Publisher. Bernarr MacFadden settled down to a grind. Mrs. Win- gard won $1000 as first prize and Miss Norelius a $500 award.

FRANKIE HILL THROWS OUT 3. CHALLENGES

British And Empire Titles At Stake

TENNIS TITLES

SHERWOOD BEATS RUMANIAN IN DUEL OF TACTICS

He

cognise the man who first began to make their millions for them.

HAD A TICKET "Tilden had a ticket, too. produced it, just as, a year ago, he pulled out the brief for which he had to pay. Surely, this cannot be the end of the slimy snobbery which thickly coats Wimbledon in the FIERCE wind made play difficult in the North of England

tennis fortnight. Or can it?

"The old Wimbledon championships at Scarborough yesterday, even on the "pro-was watching Budge with a calcu- warhorse tected" courts, but most of the players rose superior to the con-lating expression. I don't think he ditions. The semi-finals of the men's singles produced some ex-was just spellbound by the cellent tennis, especially that between P. V. V. Sherwood and the head's devastating play.

red- Rumanian, C. Caralutis.

Maybe,

cash. Big Bill' was thinking in terms of

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Scarborough, August 21.

Sherwood abandoned his normal attacking game at the start and tried to play Caralulis from the baseline. When he had lost "After all, if big-money tennis is the first set and was 3-1 down in the second he wisely changed to live, a fresh personality has to his tactics, and, attacking strongly took the set at 64.

In the decider Sherwood was Miss Huntbach and Miss N. B. always ahead, but he missed a Brown had a long and hard-fought match point in the 10th game. match.

This did not stop him, however,

be found every year. Perry follow- ed Vines as Gate Magnet No. 1. Will Budge follow Perry? I wonder. "Wimbledon way they are saying

Miss Huntbach won the that Baron von Cramm has been "

offered professional terms. Frank he lost only two points in the first set easily. She picked up from next two games and was

ly, I cannot see the German stylist a 0-3 down to two match points in going over big with the Tilden worthy winner.

the second, and lost it 97, and troupe. Lyttelton Rogers and E. W. But-after leading 4-0 and being led Still, there it is. Couple this re- ler had a match in which each man 54 in the final set, pulled off a port, too, with the small talk that seemed to be trying to hit harder match full of curious vicissitudes Von Cramm wouldn't mind leaving

It was 2 close at 10-

Germany to live elsewhere."

London, August 14. Three challenges, including one than the other. for a "winner-take-all" fight for thing, but in each of the two sets the British. light-weight title with Rogers finished stronger, winning Jimmy Walsh (Chester), the holder, the last three games after Butler have been issued by Frankie Hill, had gained what looked like a win- of Barrow.

ning lead..

Hill, who recently beat Dave

SHOT HER BOLT. Finn, George Daly and George Od- In the women's singles Miss well has also challenged Harry Heeley met with stont resist Mizler, former light-weight cham-from Miss Valerie Scott, who, after pion, and Dave Crowley (Clerken-losing the first set rather quickly, well), contender for the Southern made a brave out unsuccessful ef- Area title, and is prepared to back fort to save the second, pulling up himself for $100 against either to 5-all from 3-5. But her bolt was then shot and Miss Heeley lost Dick Corbett, Southern area fea-only one more point in the match. ther-weight champion, has received

boxer.

two

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offers for fights in South

Africa, providing be beats. Benny VIC GHEZZI

Caplan at Hackney Wick Stadium

next Monday.

Application has been made to the

CAPTURES

Board of Control by Corbett's man- LAKE PLACID

ager, Mr. Joe Morris, for the fight

to be recognised as an eliminator GOLF OPEN

for the British and Empire titles held by Johnny McGrory

(Continued from next column) closest competitor, Gene Sarazen, who posted 74 and 71 for his final round after leading the field at the half way mark by a single stroke.

Sarazen, former national open and P. G. A. titleholder, was four under par for the first nine of his final round but was trapped on the 16th, where he took a seven, and three putted the 17th. He earned $500 for second place.

Gene Sarazen's Failure

Lake Placid, August 23. Scorching the fairways with clos- ing round of 68 and par 72, tall Vic Ghezzi of Deal, yesterday won Lake Placid's second annual golf open with a 72-hole aggregate of 227, 11 under par.

The New Jersey open champign, earning $750 of the $3000 prize, finished four strokes in front of his (Continued at Foot of procceding Column)

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