1957-10-09 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 195

THESE TENNIS TWINS" ARE MILES APART

Sparkling Display By Terry Spinks

London, Oct. 0.

Pancho Bhalachuj!, of India, was outpointed by Terry Spinks, the British Olympic Gold medal winner, in απ eight rounds Flyweight contest of the Royal Albert Hall here tonight,

Spinks, undefeated as a pro- fessional, gave a sparkling dia play of cover boxing from the. outset,

The Indian, a tough, strong puncher, kept up almost

bם

ceosing attacks throughout but the little Londoner handled him easily-Reuter.

Signed Whole Team

Reading nignager Harry Johnston has just signed on a complete football team, in- cluding twelfth man. His Minor side played Didcot Minors in a trial match behind closed doors, and Mr Johnston was to im- pressed he had forms ready for Be Dideot boys when the match finished. All are under 18 and "blood" them he 19 going to At a

in bla fited

onc eleven.

שונה

SPORT RALJETI

و کر عوالم میوه

Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall

NAMESAKES

INSTRUCTIONS: Fil

in the spaces against each of the clues below with a word related to my life. The letters in circles Ipell out

Who am 11

name.

E

540

1 Time to turn in

2 Wisecracks

3 Wilty conversation

4 O doctors?

5 Merriment

P

¤ Amuses

U

7 Of errors

IN

8 Gocs on the alr

0 First meal

10 Performing

R

12 Such a aludio

SWEDE

"I suppose u won't upset your amateur slatus, gu

bemo paced by #

professional?"

London Express Service

11 From the West.

13 Affects the voice Solution on l'ago 0

MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN

“DO YOU REALIZE WHAT NEUVE COST ME, KORRT

THE KINGDOM OF

PHILADORI YOU

COULD HAVE WON THAT SANG MOR

ME! YOU MADE

[ITATE--!]

BRANDKAKE

AND THE PULADOR

KING DISSUISED IN GAMETTAN COSTUMES-

HURRY UP FOLKS, GAME'S BEEN OVER FOR AN HOUR. THE | BORPER CLOSES

GCON.

NOT VERY DISKIFIED FOR A KING TO CRAWL THROUGH A HEDGE- BUT IT'S THE ONLY WAY!

MUCH FUN UN YEARS!

FERDINAND

NANCY

AUNT

FRITZ!---

| I'M FILLING OUT

A FORM TO JOIN

THAT GIRLS' CLUB

JOHNNY HAZARD

NOW, KITTY, I'LL HELP CLEAN UP BUT I'LL HAVE

NO PART OF PRYNG......

IT SAYS TO FILL OUT THE FORM IN DUPLICATE --- WHAT

DOES THAT MEAN?

~SHTO GIZMO's SECRET LOVE-LIFE? NOT EVEN IF IT WILL HELP SOME POOR LOVE-STRUCK GIRL WHO'S COMING HERE! -

TO MARRY A GUY...........

—– FANIE

QUSHMILI PILD

WHO 19 NOW IN THE GUAS? HOUTS FOR TRYINÁ

IT MEANS, DO

IT TWICE ---

BOTH ALIKE

TO DEFRAUP THE AIR FORCEL

I WANT A CLUB TO THIS

HE HAS ANY?

GUY'S CHARACTER, IF

AND YOU FIGURE WE'LL FIND IT IN THE LOVE LETTERS

THIS MYSTERY GAL HAJ SENT HOW

BE SPECIFIC

fly

CATHAY PACIFIC

SAFETY

FIRST ALWAYS

By Leo Falk and Phil Davis Kann

HAVEN'T

HAD 50

SIR. YOU

CAN'T

ME ANY LONGER

DETAIN

CHECK, ICHNNY! WELL, I'LL SE...?!

PBTAIN YOU? YOU DOUBLE-CROSSING OLD GOAT! KORR, L'A GOING TO HAVE

YOU SHOT!

By Mik

By Ernie Bushmiller

1 SPILLED

INK ON

THE FIRST

SHEET

By Frank Robbins

WELCOME, BIG-YANK FRIENDS}|| IS HERE NEL-KAI, MUALDER

ONE HOUSEBOY.. FIRST-CASS SIRENT- JAPANESE-BUTKEK!

Can Hoad Improve As

In

Rapidly As Rosewall The Professional Ranks?

By JOHN COTTRELL

The 1957 London Professional Tennis Championships will always be remembered for the Battle of the Panchos-the two and a quarter hours semi-finals singles struggle betwed. Francisco "Pancho" Segura, the pigeon-toed, two-fisted player from Ecuador, and Ricardo "Pancho” Gonzales, the mighty Mexican who has dominated the tennis world for the past seven

►

years.

Sports Diary

CANTODAY...

Hard-Cours Tanul Changlershipa |at| CHIC,, 8:30 DIN CA

LBC Tennis Tournament: Club Laces Bingles Open linely Cli Ladice dingles (Final), Ces Men's Doubles Picap, a sonil-final), "Club Men's Singles Hosp. (mem,-dnal), Inter-Hung Wif'emp, | Clish Μήκος Desibles. 3r'cape(imesi-inal), Club Ladies Bingos 'cap

す。 8.30pm.

|Hotkey

Men's 1st Division necroló “A”” V HIGHC (KP). Army v Sakunota (8KP) both matches at 8:30 pm.

two hours with Kramer against Rosewall and Hood,'

Segura deserves to be placed emong the top six tennis play ers of the world. His greatest esset Is a two-handel 'fore- hand drive, which is deadly accurate and cunningly dis guised in it, direction.

This then has bren a mont Wembley, one

which has attracted 49,000 people and brought record

profit of £20,000.

1, hare, huật : two complaints produced a standard of tennis about this toumament which

far above anything to be seen in the amateur ranks today.

First, there was and hek

The swarthy 6ft, 3in. Gonzales was brought down 11-9, 12-10, 6-4, by a

entertaining It was the first time in four 36-year-old Pancho of only 5ft. 5in. years that Gonzales had been defeated in a big-show tournament. And yet, to my mind, this was | Rosewall has advanced so rapidly reason at all to believe he is on not the mast significant or the that he makes food look almost the decline.

The two other outstanding most interesting aspect of the a novice in compariran. Wembley tournament. More im- AL Wembley, Hoad was hum- personalities at Wembley thin portant, I think, was the severe bled in his first match-6-1, 10-0year were Jack Kramor and contrast between the two 22-by 30-year-old tennis im Pancho Segura. Kramer, at 30, year-old Australians from New presario Jack Kramer, who had still has that classic delicacy of South Wales---the dark and only recently returned to com- slender Ken Rosewall and the petitive tennis after a two-year touch which made him such a blond and burly Lew Houd.

lay-off. But Rosewall had no popular Wimbledon Champion Resowall

at all in thrashing in 104%, while Segura, and Hoad both

energy started life in November, 1934, Kramer 8-1, 6-3, 6-2, and heame age, displays the

of a super-human teenager. the former having a lead of only went on to snatch the Wembley

Rosewall 21 days.

became title at his first attempt. Australlen Junior Teimis Cham- plon in 1850 and again in 1952; Hoad won the title in the Inter- vening year. And in 1953, at the age of 18, together they became the youngest-ever Wim- bledon Doubles Champlons.

trouble

Thus, while Iohd, Wimbledon Champion of this year and last, was conquered ba Wimbledon Champion of of decade ago, Rorewall emer as the top professional atter only. ning months as a trouper in Kramer's tennis circus.

nt the

If the Wembley singles title were awarded to the player who displayed the most cout age, sportsmanship, and physl cal effort, it would have gone to Segura long ago. But al- ways he has fallen at the last hurdle.

れの

This year, he did not down untit after five sets

Hoed has won all the major single titles in amateur tennis

The improvement in Rose- except the United States Cham-wall's game is truly remarkable, plonslip, where, in 1958, he was He was a 12-year-old schoolboy against a man fourteen years this junior. And then he was beaten in the final by Rosewall. when Kramer was Wimbledon handicapped by cramp after his Rosewall has won all the Champion and he made the exertions the previous night major singles titles except victory over his boss look liko two and quarter hours Wimbledon, where he was child's play. beaten in the 1834 l hy Drobny and in the 1956 final by 1load.

Before he turned professional, Rosewall was already recognised as one of the most graceful and correct

of players

ground strokes the world has ever seen, Until a year ago, the careers Now he has added power to his of Hoad and Rosewall had fol-precision and guts to his grace. Jowed almost Identical patterns

Identical Patterns

and Hoad was only slightly ahead He has greatly strengthened on honcurs. Together, they were his overhead play, become more the top amateur combination In | agile, and developed an almost the world.

uncanny sense of anticipation. And yet now they no longer There is only one small gap in share top honours in the tennis his magnißeent repertoire of } world. In less than

year, strokes: he lacks a connon-bat! {

#

FRUIT

SON JUICES Refresh like magic

GRAPEFRUM

150

QUALITY

SO HUCH

BETTER

to KARACHI..

ĮSWISSAIR

POLO

MINTS

AUSTIN

hava

A WIDE RANGE OF CARS

for

་

HOME LEAVE

ER) LTD.

METRO CARS ĮM.K.)

service. Yet his spinning, high- kicking service is placed with such alide-rule accuracy, that it la-very rarely punishe somewhat unplayable.

Tough Life

touring over

and

Only the Incredibly tough life of the profesional tennis star, the world And playing one-night stands, could tighten up a player's game in so short a time. And this year Rosewall has performed more frequently than

any other ot Kramer's troupers,

He has not stopped playing sinco he turned professionn] nino months ago. As a result, he has became the top money- maker in tennis. This year he will collect about £30,350 - more even that the great Gon- zales.

By winning the singles and the doubles (with Hoad) at Wembley, Rosewall help him. selt to 023 the bingest possible share of the £6,000 Ipot. Hond collected only £250, and he was guaranteed £100 of that just for appearing.

ля

Now the question is: can Hoad Improve as rapidly Rosewall in the professional ranka? Kramer has gambled the record sum of £45,000 on the hope that he can.

On his Wembley showing Hoad already has all the neces- mary power and strokes to reach the top of his class. All he Jacks is the consistency, con. centration and control. This could be gained with requir play against the 10p-profe slonala over, the sixth months.

I believe that Hoad will eventually become steady, solid performer and, because of his extra

power, the greatest player in the world.

Time

should cure his trou- bles. With many months of daily matches against the best | opposition, there is little room for human error and tempera- ment. Playing becomes 2014- chanical, reflexes accelérate.

staming increasés.

од

But it will certainly be a long time before Hood becomes acclimatised to the professional te. Ho has yet to become accustomed to playing wooden boards and to develop the "no quarter" approach of the professional game.

Gonzales' four

year reign at Wembley has came abruptly to an end, But don't imagine that the world's tennis king is about

abdicate, to

"His shock defeats by Segura and 1ramer in the Wembley singles can be explained by lack of match practice, Before his !.. recent holiday, the Moxican -Champlo- won by 51 la 27 in a match series against Rosewall.

Past His Paak Cónaoivo la now 29 and; on amateur standards, should be about and yeux past, his pank. But fra Bialcons there is no

minst Gonzales, followed by

of players who could live on court with the Kramer - Stars. carly rounds as a result, the

[DT~ were boring' one-dided nekes which could just as well have not taken place.

there was Secondly, vally reason for seeding Hond No 2. It was unfal to him and, by

TO

ralling false hopes of a Hoad-Gonzales final, it was unfair to the fans.

When Hood is really worthy of such seeding, then, Jack. Kramer will be able to singe the most attractive show," on earth-an explosive. 100-maten series for the world champion- ship, between- Hoad, and Gonantes,

(London Exprem Service).

(COPYRIGHT).

Very Fine Cognac

MARTELL

CORDON BLE U

alio THREE STAR V80P and EXTRA

Obtainable Everywhers Sole Agents: DODWELL & CO., LTD,

every

Model 62

has everything

Electrolux

is built to last!

Electrolux have learned in over 30 years

of making Qaier Suction Cleaners: Mars suction power

for deep, thorough cleaning.

*Throw-away" bags

eliminate handling of dest, Lighter tools, lightweight hosa and tubes. Backed by a 2-Year Gusenates.

Electrolux Slient Refrigerator.

This latest. Family Model is ized and priced for the majority of homes: Shelf area

5 sq. ft. Silent

operation by Kerosine or Electricity. No moving parts to wear out. Coollag unft guaranteed

5 years.

Electrolux Turbo Polldier Attachment.

For use with Models 55 and 62 Cleaners. Polishes flour murrounde ---furniture-car,

Call and see these world-famous Electrolux Products. At our showroom, Alexandra Arcade.

Sole Agents:

SHEWAN TOMES & CO., LTD.

9. lei House Street, 4th Floor, Hong