1937-10-18 — Page 19

THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER

BUDGE DECLINES

£20,000 OFFER

WILL DEFEND DAVIS CUP

NEXT YEAR

HUNTER DRAWS BLANK

(By A. WALLIS MYERS)

London, September 14.

$700 IN

ARITY SOCCER

vice.

with either fir

SYMPATHETIC CROY Before Von Gram

New

York he told the reporters that he had found the Forest Hills public

KOWLOON WIN AS RESULT OF PENALTY KICK.

C

draw would have been

game spoiled by a

"Frix scored for

Saps

runute of the same but

the Kowloon

w the wind instead of

on the rig

beat Jordan beautifulle and- sem feer centre which Betts straartie goal with his head to casalses

Following a period of intense, pressure on nart of the Engineers after the interval. white worked the ball down the field and

This time

ALL the Forest Hills gladiators have now left for the most sympathetic of any he had his finding offer wit only, ventilly cleared

Pirected it goalwards again. the Pacific Coast; rumours, canards, and mem- encountered. He meant what heBanfeld. The ball came to Retts, who

said. and I doubt whether he dan wook on himself the role of ories remain. Professional promoters have been would have survived his five chal-errer and effected a brilliant save at Donald Budge that was inevitable. Before lenging rounds in the champion unfortunately, resulted in a penalty Was he had entered the shower-bath after his victory ship if he had not sensed the favored from the spot over Von Cramm on Saturday Frank Hunter had seventy per cent of the impres- dangled £20,000 before his blue eyes.

ourable atmosphere.

sionable gallery, admiring his en- gaging personality and perfect He said that Pe and Vines were waiting to play him, and court manners, wanted him to win, might not he as agrooghle later. "Now's the time" urged Hunter, who was indeed rightly named.

I have scarcely met a woman who has not betrayed that she was Ger- manophile.

LESS PARTIAL

The Engineers did not deserve to lose This game. They were more methodical in

their approach and their defence was me

eater than that of Kowicon erhaps give to over-claboration. whilst Hans and Tibbs did not make full use the opportunities presented to them their insides. Tudor was grand at centre- balf, whilst Jordan was the best back on

View.

Wilson, the Kowloon centre-half, was: the utstanding man on the field, being

But Budge with his Davis Cuo captain acting as bodyguard. repelled these blandishments. "I intend to defend the Davis Cup The men were less partial. Males oood an attacker as he was a defender.

work, and Knox was always dangerous. next year," he said, emphatically, and Hunter realised he had drawn are more logical. They think that White and Thompson put in sexe good

the man who recovered the Davis blank.

Cup virtually single handed deser-South-West Championship at Los Promoters have not approach-sounded him in Europe and pass-ved his country's crown, and so, I Angeles, and as both are planning

to compete in the Australian cham ed Von Cramm. Not because heed the word round that the Ger-should add, does Von Gramm.

These two will probably meet pionship next January contact is unapproachable by visitors, man. after his world tour, is but because Tilden had already booked for the diplomatic ser-lagain next week in the Pacific there is likely

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