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THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 1, 1938.

AUSTRALIAN DAVIS CUP TOUR

The 1938 Australian Davis Cup team made a profit of about £2000 on ite tour, estimates Harry Hopman, man- nger of the side. The Germantown | Cricket Club at Philadelphia, where the challenge round against America was provenient in his own play to the fact years, and his tactics were correspond-

that he was released from the necesingly better. sity of writing for newspapers on the Hopman attributes his victory over Budge rather to-Budge's anti-climax after a strenuous season of tennis than to his own form. Budge lacked devil and failed to concentrate.

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played, was founded years ago as a cricket club, but since then cricket's popularity has waned somewhat and tour. tennis has come into its own.

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Hopman pays warm tribute to Len Schwartz, the Adelaide member of the

man states that Schwartz might go ons improving, but he fa 28 years of age. and it will depend on who is available for the next Davis Cup team as to whether Schwartz will find a place in the side. On this tour Schwartz's form was very good.

"A Roaring, two-fisted express," is what Jack Dempsey, referee of the re- cent Al Hostak-Freddie Steele middle- weight title bout in Seattle (U.S.A.)! calls the new champion. "Hostak is the fastest middleweight I have ever

Ketchell, Mickey Walker, and Harry Greb, but in young Hostak, we have a terrific puncher and a most accurate

The strain of doing this in recent An occasional cricket match is play- years in Australia has been a big drag ed but the grounds and clubhouse are on his energy, and Hopman følt in utilised mainly by the tennis players.much better nick released from

Seats had to be specially built to necessity of doing 80. cope with the Davis Cup crowds, and From the point of view of stroke- team. "Schwartz-is-groat team-man, seen, They can talk about Stanley as these cost as much as £2500, they making, Hopman considers that in the Cup skipper states, "and is ready ate into the profits from the tie, which 1980-32 he played better tennis than to play or practice anywhere, any were close on £2000 none the less. he did this. season.

But his headwork | time.” Harry Hopman attributes the im-has become better in the intervening. As regards Schwartz's future, Hop-hitter."

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