1938-08-27 — Page 20

France Discovers

Rangers' Last-Minute Equaliser

St. Johnstone Were Unfortunate

One minute from the end St. Johnstone were feading by a single goal, and Rangers fighting hard to get the equaliser, with

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 27, 1938.

New Star

Promising Form Of Pellizza

FRANKIE PARKER WINS CANADIAN TITLE

Toronto, August 15,- (By Air Mail) Frankie Parker, the United

"RUB OF COURT" ROBS HIM States Davis Cup player, won the

OF CONCENTRATION

(By A. WALLIS MYERS).

mon's singles championship of Canada hero by defeating Wilmer Allison by 6-2, 6-2, 9-7 in the final

tho Parker first won Canadian titlo, when he was 16.

the ball bobbing backwards and LE TOUQUET, flooded by British visitors, finish-MC.C. TOUR

forwards in the St. Johnstone] goal area

ed its 50th open tournament with the discovery

that Pierre Pellizza is a young recruit for France's FOR SOUTH Davis Cup team in the near future..

George Brown headed the ball down to the ground, Clark tried to clear, but the ball skidded off

Pellizza, who is 19, first attracted attention as a doubles play- his boot and spun away from the

He had several successes with Petra before that partnership goalkeeper's hands into the cor-jer. ner of the net. It was the last was broken for lack of stability. Then at Monte Carlo last Febru- kick of the game, and a valuable ary he paired with Bolelli who nursed him to such good effect that kick, or rather miskick, for Ran-they won the Butler international doubles trophy, a big prize......

gers.

This was the culminating point a series of thrills for 15,000 spectators at Muirton Park,

in

ONLY CONSOLATION St. Johnstone's only consolation lay in the fact that they had a moral victory. They were two goals ahead at the interval, the first following a grand sólo effort by Tennant, and the second from a M'Call penalty kick.

The French Federation sent, the net when he was cutting down Pellizza to Hamburg to compete a passing shot. in the German championship. He did not win the event, but he put out the holder, Henner Henkel, in the first round.

At Le Touquet, after beating Populalion, he played a fine final against Paul Feret, France's No. 3. who has claimed many victories over him in the past. His was an all-court display, characterised by daring driving within an inch of the lines and very quick movement near

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Three More Kent Players

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London, August 11. Invitations to accompany the HIS ONLY WEAKNESS- M_C.C. team to visit South Africa Pellizza had no weakness, un-in the winter of 1938-39 have less it was a tendency to let a "rub been issued to the following of the court" disturb his concen-players:- tration for the next point.

In his element as a versatile vol- leyer, Pellizza won the doubles with a four-set final Poulalion after against the North of France crack pair, Ph. Mott and Sergeant.

Le Touquet is a progressive club. Since I was last there seven years ago it has constructed a centre court with permanent contrete stands that will hold 1,500 specta- tors.

B. H. Valentine (Kent,) A. Fagg (Kent.) D. V. P. Wright (Kent.) 'T. W. Goddard

(Gloucestershire.) R. T. D. Perks

(Worcestershire.)

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L. L. Wilkinson

(Lancashire)

H. Verity (Yorkshire.) These selections complete the team

A penalty for "hands" against M'Geachie gave Venters the chance to narrow the leeway, and three minutes later the same player snap-|: ped up a Kinnear cross, to level the scores. In just under half

an the constructive policy in front that hours, M'Call netted, and the re- is the usual feature of the Ibrox sult seemed certain. Rangers, put performances, but they were grim All its 28 courts are occupied Invitations had already been ac-

daily from early morning to dusk, cepter by W. R. Hammond (Glouces everything they had into a final

Shaw, from Airdrie, made the and on three of them professionalstershire), the captain, K. Farnes rally, but the Perth defenders held out-until that incident in the last most of his initial match in the Lea are engaged giving lessons to (Essex), N. W. D. Yardley (Cam- minute.

gue for the Glasgow club, but Gal- French and British pupils.

bridge University and Yorkshire), loway had room for improvement. Now covered courts, offering play P. A. Gibb (Cambridge University Both sides set a fast pace, and Caskie and Simpson struck a splen-all the year round, are to be con- and Yorkshire), Ames (Kent), Ed- concentrated on open, and swing-did understanding for St. John-structed. They will be illuminated rich (Middlesex), Hutton (York- ing tactics. Rangers did not have stone.

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shire), and Paynter (Lancashire).

Denis Compton (Middlesex) was invited, but declined as he was un- der contract to play football for Arsenal.

BOWLERS

The first list consisted chiefly of batsmen. The latest invitations concern bowlers in the main. Wright and Wilkinson are both leg-break bowlers; Perks, of fastish pace, swings the ball-ap- preciably; Goddard bowls off- breaks; and Verity provides left- arm variety.

The team, as a whole, must be re- garded as the best available at the present time-strong alike in bat- ting and bowling, with due regard paid to youth and experience.

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MISS HARDWICK'S SCOTTISH TENNIS TITLE-

Mish, Mary, Hardwick won-the Msh women's lawn tennis singles cham pionship at. Peebles, bea

Bundy (U.S.A.) 61, Misa Hardwick is in the women's doubles doubles

In the final;

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