1938-10-31 — Page 21

THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 31, 1938.

WORLD TENNIS RANKING

A Dominating

Year For American Men And Women

Wimbledon Champions Placed First

(By A. WALLS MYERS)

To grade individual form in the world of lawn tennis does not become easier as the years advance. A quarter of a century ago, when I first attempted a classification, players of outstanding rank were confined to a few countries, and their relative skill could be appraised, more or less accurately, by contests in which all took part. To-day, competition, although its edge may not be sharper, is far more widely distributed. Arenas for big match play have, like the number of events, increased. If the field of talent has broadened its refinement is neither as quick nor as sure as it was when the giants were more confined.

+

Donald Budge, above, heads the Men's World' ranking lists for the third successive time.

OVER-STRAIN

LISTS

CYCLIST SETS NEW RECORD

London, Saturday. The Yorkshire cyclist, Cyril Hep- plestone, broke the Edinburgh to London record with a time of 19 hours 18 minutes, beating the pre- vious record, held by S. H- Førtis, by 66 minutes.

Hepplestone continued in an effort to beat the 24 hours record, covering 468 miles to beat the Australian, Hubert Opperman's previous · record of 461% miles, in spite of a punc ture and losing his way!

The record, however, was short- lived. Ferris, who started from Edinburgh when he heard of Hopple- stone's attempt, reached London in 19 hours 18 minutes; and, continuing the run, he covered 465 miles in 24 hours.-Reuter.

either Miss Marble or Mrs. Fabyan, H. Henkel, the German champion who won the event. of 1987, was, through over-strain, out MISS LUMB NEXT YEAR? of form this year. A player of his Handicapped by an injury to her Wimbledon remains the clear- the Californian has increased

all-round gifts will doubtless regain foot early in the season, Mlle. Jedrze both it.

The two French players, Y.jowska had a less successful_sesson, ing house of skill and its influence, the variety and severity of his strokes: Petra and B. Deatremau, have claims although she beat Mrs. Sperling in promoting a high standard has reply. Incidentally, he was the savi-clinch matches has kept them out.

to every parry he has a disarming, for inclusion; only their failure to decisively at Queen's Club, Mrä. not, as some predicted diminish- our of the Davis Cup.

Miller, of South Africa, returns to ed because some of its more re- There is little doubt that but for tuations of form have again

In the women's realm, where fuo- the list after nine years a player been with a perfect instinct for the game. cent champions have joined the his supreme effort during indisposi bewildering. Mrs. Moody and Misa England's only representative professional ranks. These

American Jacobs return to the respective posl- tion at Philadelphia the men, defending team would have lost

this year is Miss Stammers. She profiting by their fame as amat-team

the tions. of No. 1 and No. 2, which they championship

had a good Wightman Cup, de- to Australia held three years ago. Both were feating Miss Marbile and kunt eurs, may share out gate money, Young Bromwich Was four times served by their ripe experience af ing Mrs. Moody all the way kome. but their competitive ardour has, within a stroke of squaring his en- the centre court; off it their lustre in nearly every case, been

It cannot be long before. Miss counter with the champion. re-

was a little dimmed. The American

Margot Lumb qualifies; she play- captain admitted Mrs. Moody's eighth championship duced.

ed great tennis in dismissing Miss afterwards that Budge, physically was a record and if the final was Professional lawn tennis is not like weak, would probably have been marred by the accident to her rival

Jacobs from the American cham- professional golf, in which deteriora- forced to yield up the fifth set.

pionship. As the fight was over when the tion of form can be detected instantly at Wimbledon against the by card and pencil.

the field was vindicated. enemy was down"-ber_mastery over maintain perfection when low-scoring

tennis

Germans The incentive to last year, this red-headed fellow rose must be greater to the occasion.

BRILLIANT EFFORT

AUSTRALIAN GIRLS Two free-hitting Australian girls, Miss Wynne and Miss Coyne, have won distinction. The first was: figures * are a A class divides Budge from his

But for her Wimbledon defeat by finalist at Forest Hills and Bourne- perennial sine qua non,

In rivals. Renshaw and Tilden had

Miss Jacobs, Miss Marble would have mouth; the second beat. Miss Jacobs lawn

the figures the same "glorious isolation" in.... earned the second place. "on the board" are no guarantee of their prime, but the gulf between

She may in a team match.

to Their return quality. A close match, oven between

well secure the first next year. The European play will be keenly antici- Budge and his contemporaries is

salving of her contest champions, is not necessarily a great

with Mrs.pated. wider. It creates the impression

Fabyan at Forest Hills was a bril»: Only a lack of consistency has ex- match.

that modern conditions for Amaliant effort. Alone it deserved the cluded Miss Hardwick and Miss

American title...

Bundy.

The first claimed Mr. Sperling did not defend her Mrs. Moody, Senorita. Lizana French title this year, but was again] (nów Mrs. Ella) and Mme. Mathieu invincible in Germany. She played as victims in-home-tournaments, and

memorable matches with „Mis, the second, after beating Mme. Ma courts championship. If he has only Moody within a fortnight and won thieu, only missed the American final

one of them. French champion for by a few strokes. defeated one player on the list, be the first time, Mme. Mathieu enlarg 6. A. K. Quist

Internationally it has been (Australia) has only lost to the first and the ed her range of strokes. "At Boston American year. Its players hold the 7. R. Menzel last in a limited international year in the final of the American doables Davis and Wightman Cups and have (Czechoslovakia) He is probably playing more con- championship she was better than' dominated the major championships.

THE RANKINGS

Below is a ladder, built with mater- ial collected both in Europe and Ameri- cs, of the world's first 10 players of both sexes:

1. J. D. Budge

(U.S.) 2. H. W. Austin

(England) 3. J. Bromwich

(Australia) 4. R. L. Riggs

MEN

(U.S.)

(U.S.).

5. S. B. Wood

8. J. Yamagishi

+

(Japan) 9. C. G. Mako---

(U.S.)

(Jugoslavia)

10. F. Puncec

WOMEN

teur play do not make for progress siva efficiency. Neither, in physi- que nor in strategic intelligence in the standard quite as high.

H. W. Austin was a‚'-finalist Wimbledon and holds the

fidently to-day than ever.

covered

THE RISE OF BROMWICH

John Bromwich is a recruit to the First Ten and one with an assured instinct for the game. No lad of 19 ever had such cool resource under pressure. He will need...as the (U.S.) Jedrzejowska American championship indicated, to (Poland) | strengthen his service before he can

1. Mrs. Moody 6. Mlle.

2. Miss H. Jacobs | 7. Mrs. Fabyan climb to the top, and he prefers a

(U.S.).

(U.S.) fast attack to a slow.

3. Misa A. Marble | 8. Mrs. Miller

(U.S.)

4. Mrs. Sperling

(Denmark)

5. Mme. Mathieu

(France)

The limitations "of his double-hand- (8. Africa) ed strokes are there for the greatest 9. Miss Stammers to exploit. Yet this young player's (England) genius is undeniable, and he very 10. Miss N. Wynne nearly won the Davis Cup with his

(Australia) own racket.

Donald Budge is, as last year, the Of America's three other repre- indisputable No. 1. His victories have sentatives, Robert Riggs has an en- been so full and continuous that, viable record of tournament successes "staled by frequence, shrunk by usage in his own country, huthie versktile into commonplace, they escape ade- and compact gaufe his yet to mature. quate praise. He has been unbeaten He was vulnerable both at Philadel on any turf court in England and phia and at Forest Hill in his back- America for two years-J

hand corner to controlled, aggression, In one year he has been crowned In the American championship Sid- champion of this country, of his own ney Wood, one of the world's finest

and of France and Australia; and stroke-makers, revealed himself as the nearer he has come to each of greater player. these titles the more unfaltering has been his progress. (*p <pisodes

BUDGE STILL ADVANCING A greater player than last year,

SATURDAY'S HOME SOCCER RESULTS (Continued from Page 20) SECOND DIVISION

Airdrie

Brechin

Dumbarton Dundee U.. Dunfermline East Fife Forfat King's Park St. Bernards

2 Alloa

8 Leith

4 Dundes

Stenhousemuir East Stirling Cowdenbeath

urgh.

Morton

JAPANESE RECRUIT

Out of "competition last year, match practice. He had a recent vic rian Quist showed the need of stern

tory over Budge and saved the dim- cult. Davis Cup match against Japan by defeating Yamagishi, who, with a victory over Bromwich, comes into the table for the first time." "No Ori. ental player has a more refined talent. Rodrich Menzel had a relatively brief son. A finalist in the French championship, the merit of his remai 121 include: Mako, becaus dis skilful" play in singles bathi Wimbledon nd Forest HIDESAN partner of Budre

wwith in

Off & Continent champion of

game on. on-turt

"the" sama men

two

.

The Popular

Beer

an