1938-03-10 — Page 19

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 10, 1938.

AUSTRALIA PICKS

TWO TEAMS

NEWCOMER TO DAVIS CUP SIDE

STRONG WOMEN'S TEAM

FOR WIMBLEDON

Melbourne, February 3. THE Australian L.TA, meeting here to-day, chose the Davis Cup team to compete in the American zone next summer, and the women's team to play at Wimbledon this year. The teams

are:

DAVIS CUP

J. BROMWICH A. K. QUIST

L. A. SCHWARTZ H. C. HOPMAN

WOMEN

MISS D. STEVENSON MISS N. WYNNE MISS T. COYNE MRS. H. C. HOPMAN

Hopman has been appointed player-manager of the Davis Cup side and Miss Joan Hartigan is reserve in the women's side, who will leave Australia on March 8. The Davis Cup team will not come to England to compete at Wimbledon, but may play in the Ameri- can championships.

The LTA. announced that the is the weakest part of her game. three former Davis Cup players,

“THIRD BEST EVER”

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AUSTRALIAN WOMEN TENNIS

PLAYERS ON TOUR

Four To Compete At Wimbledon And For French Titles

Melbourne, To-day.

•The four Austraian women tennis players, Mrs. H. C. Hôp- man, Miss D. Stevenson, Miss Nancy Wynne and Miss Thelma Coyne, started from here on Tuesday on a five months tour, most of which will be spent în Europe.

The party will arrive in Eng- land on April 17 and will com- pete almost immediately in the Brighton Tournament, taking part later in the British Hard- court Championships, at Bourne- mouth. The players will parti cipate in carious other tourna- ment in England.

From June 2 to June 12 the four women will participate in the French Championships, in Paris and a week later will play in the All England champion, ships at Wimbledon. From July 8 to July 17 they will partici- pate in the International Cham- pionships in Germany-Trans-

Ocean

GUETELEMENTERERASERSKEIERRE

ARMY

J. H. Crawford, V. B. McGrath Miss Nancy Wynne, Australian BOXING and D. P. Turnbull, were

not champion in 1937 and the leading CHAMPIONSHIPS available this year. The de-ranked player in Australia, has been cision to participate in the Davis described by J. O. Anderson, the Cup was influenced by the fine Australian Davis Cup player, as showing of the chosen Austra-"the third best player he has ever lian players in the recent cham-seen."

Good Entertainment Anticipated

SIX SINGLES ENCOUNTERS THIS AFTERNOON

Six encounters in the Colony Singles Lawn Tennis Champion- ship will take place this afternoon on the HK.C.C. Courts, weather and ground conditions permitting.

An interesting encounter should be that between Alec Crawford and Teddy Fincher in which youth will be pitted against experience-

Both players are playing fairly well at the moment although Crawford's speed in covering court and his retrieving powers are likely to turn the tables in his favour.

Lee Wai-tong will also be seem in action this afternoon when he meets Wei Chung. None of the other games are likely to produce The pro anything interesting. gramme is as follows:---

Club Handicap Singles J. C. Pool (+16) v ♫ A. E. Dou glass (26).

Colony Championship

S. A. Hussain → ▼ HD. Rumjaha Cheng Ping-yeung v F. H. Kwok Lee Wai Tong v Wei Chung ¡E. C. Fincher

S. S. Hussain

+ A Crawford v. Owen-Hughes

Wong Shin-wing v. RH Romp

Tsui Tan-puri

Pang Oi-lam Club Handicap Doubles

O. E. C. Marton and D. B. Evans (15) E. Bryden and D. S. Robb (+15).

BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIP ARRANGEMENTS

The Army Boxing Championships the semi-finals and finals of the Arrangements in connection with pionships, and by the financial! He places only Suzanne Lenglen will be held this year at Murray Hong Kong Badminton Champion- success of the present tour of and Mrs. Helen Wills Moody before Barracks, and some interesting the American and German play-her. Miss Wynne, who is a hard sport should be witnessed, as both ships were discussed at a meeting

ers.

hitter with a fine forehand

drive the Royal Scots and the Middlesex

of the executive committee, of the

They showed that although a loss and a great variety of strokes, also Regiments have a wealth of talent Badminton Association, on Tues- of £334 was incurred on the 1937 comes from. Victoria. She has at their disposal, while the Sea- day, at which the Rev. J. R. Higgs Davis Cup tour, 2 profit of some speed and height as well as strength forths and the Small Units also presided

£8,000 was anticipated from the visit of the American and German players. By cutting out Wimble don and the expense of the trip to England a saving on last year's ex- penses will be effected..

She is 20 years of age.

STRONG VOLLEYER Miss Thelma Coyne comes from New South Wales and is Australia's second ranked player. Nineteen years of age, she is regarded as the best all-round player in Aus- tralia She is especially strong on.

I have some good boxers,

It was

2.

agreed that sub committee should arrange for the

The Inter-unit Novices competa semi-finals to be played during

tion will commence next week, and the finals will be held on March 24.*

The preliminary rounds of the Novices Individual Championship will be held on March 28 and 29,

SCHWARTZ RANKED SIXTH The only newcomer to the team is the South Australian, Schwartz. He the volley, and her court position-While the finals will be staged on

ing is exxcellent.

reached the quarter-finals of the men's singles in the

April 19.

OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

The public will be admitted to all the finals, which start at 8 pm, Admission fee being $1 a night or

for the four nights.

next week,

finals and that the should be played on two eveninga, - the second one to include the pre- sentation of league and champion- ship prizes.

The Men's Single Final, together with a programme of exhibition matches will be played, providing

du MAURIER

Mrs. Hopman, wife of the Davis Australian championships this year, losing to Cup player, Harry Hopman, is the The Finals of the Inter Unit permission of the club is obtained, Donald Budge. Schwartz is sixth

third Victorian in the team. She Open Championship and the In-at the Taikoo Recreation Club`on ranked player. Budge went on to is ranked fifth, one below Miss Har-dividual Open Championships will Wednesday, March 23. win the championship by beating tigan, but her better form in the be held on April 29, and the pre- The Finals of the Mixed Doubles another member of the team, Brom Australian championships (she lost liminary rounds will be on April 26 and Men's Doubles will be played wich, the 19-year-old ambidextrous

to Miss Bundy in the semi-final, and 27..

at Presentation Night, on Friday, player, by 6-4, 6-2, 6-1.

whereas Miss Hartigan was beaten

March 25. This will, it is hoped,

Quist, who heads the Australian

in the quarter-finals by Miss Steven-

take place at the Club de Recreio. Fuller details of these events ranking list, is with Bromwich, this son) probably turned the scales in country's new doubles discovery.

her favour.-Reuter.

will be announced later. Playing together at the request of the L. T. A-obviously with the Davis Cup in view-they showed magnificent form when they de feated the Wimbledon champions, Donald Budge and Geno Mako, in the semi-finals of the Australian championships 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, €-1. They then went on to defeat Von Cramm and Henkel, doubles champions of France, America and Japan, in the final by 7-5, 64, Gid

SEVENTH RANKED WOMAN Miss Dorothy Stevenson is the young Victorian player who outplay- ed Miss Wynne in the semi-final of the Australian Championships last week, only to lose to Miss Dorothy Bundy, the young American, in the final Ranked only seventh in last year's Australian rankings she Has been picked first of the players to come to England.

She has a strong forehand and it is said that much of her recent suc- cess has been due to the coaching of Pat O'Hara Wood, the former. Davis Cup player. He has been concentrating on her service, which

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