1959-09-22 — Page 7

Old Crud Finds New Tricks

By DICK FRANCIS

Lendon.

down,

he has invented 10 the

new

youthful Thirteen-year-old Crudwell variations

whipping-round tricks which that Grand Old Man of have decanted many att unwary the racecourse — Is being · rider in the past, prepared for his assault When the on a British record thatterly has stood for more than 100 years, both over the jumps and on the Flat.

If he wins seven more raceB he will be placed third in the uffefal all-time list of “Wasters of Most Races,” busting Altee Hawthorn and

Berswin, who

have jointly held that position since 1045, with 51 winners each.

Top of the list is the fabulous Here Catherina who wou TO races between 1833 and 1841, and second Is Fisherman, with 09 wins between 1855 end 1859.

It is unkely that these two will ever be challenged, ehley

because be modern horses, how- ever gozd, are worked as hard

they were, Catherina run 174 reges in her eight seasons, and Fisherman, who ran 11e in four searuns, won 23 races as a reur. year-old: Cut:

his

Crudwell Jump why into this angust, celery- old company? Letieve he can. BACK TO WORK

Tw

cally feel age seems to have on him is to give him 13. bloom he

always lakri

hh youth. I have never seen. him look as well as he does this September.

Frank to Tirroid stable now in full

returned Cundell's Aston recently 14 15 training for his first autum

run at Fontwell on October 17.

Ike

start

brown, dashing, delightrut Codweil to betrave himself, bls, winning days will be over.

Old Cruil has so far won 45 Fint races In 98 starts-seven

35 four hurdles, and ces

been streplechases. He has

elight 22 mes, thirdl Swad

fourth

times, seven mus and unplaced 1 mrs. He bas and three fall, and he was pulled up obes

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1959.

RUSSIAN

Page 7.

SPORT MADE THEIR FORTUNE

DOMINATES Jack Kramer, Ringmaster Of

GYMNASTICS

Moscow, Sept. 21.

Yuri Titov, 23-year-old

student of Kiev Physical

The World's Greatest Circus

Training Institute, Won (This is the sixth and Anal

all

Mall's China

seven mon's gold instalment of medals in the World special sports feature). Students Gymnastics Championships which were concluded hero today.

The champlonships, watched by 12,000 in Moscow's palace of sports today, were dominated by Soviet athlete.

R

22-your-

Lidia Kalinina. old medical student of Muscow, won fuur of the five women's gold incdals. The other was won by Irin Pervushina, 17, from Voronezh,

More

tram

than 100 gymnasts 12 countries including Took part in the

In Fint races he has covereri ¦ Japun,

les. amel 177 National ch.tapionships-Router. Hunt race 212 miles, minking R present high-speed ton of 953 mik ix furlongs, about frum ox for ni

London To Holyhead

What bass this great career (been worth to owner Mr. D. M. "Bunny" Cooper la bord cush

stake winding C'en facell has collected £13,007

in place proximately £2,500,

my

honey

-

He can beat most of the best

type races, but not all of them Together in ong Held. Rough-

end-tumble

his Juste...

horses use at a time in match-

ts

to hot

Yes, Crudwell is a wise old

nad the fellos,

youm goal- laviting 13-your-okt I have ever known. Even his legs ure like

of a three-year-old-and those those big brown eyes still have that inquisitive glint.

Iately arrived in the Cundeil rode Crud | st,dble, after being gold to dise Pam Hope's alve a partnershi The nine-

The other day 1 wedd

M Low "holiday" stable.

'chaser at Faringdon, year-nid lng disionee Berkshire, where horses who Polar Flight.” haylag summered

change of seenery are particularly well,

their preliminary His off fore lyg was struck toughening-up before returning lato when he fell at Newbury to their normal trainers,

Just February and he has not Taking Crudwell up his daily rum since. Now perfectly sound, two-hour journey to the 109 of the awaits better going for his White Horse Bill and back | remesbuck.---Londen Express proved that, far from selling 'Service.

FOUR D. JONES

THERE WE ARE: THATË THE SITE OF THE GREAT PYRAMID, AND GET AN EVEFUL OF THAT EREK DOMD, JUST WHAT INE WANT

YENJA ENT.. BUT... OH!

(NEVER MINDE

FERDINAND

NANCY

7.0.24

SPANISH

SOCCER

Madrid, Sept. 21. Results of the cight first division league matches played In Spain yesterday were:

Atletico of Madrid 3, Sepiles

2.

Elehe 2. Barcelona 1.

Espanol 4. Real Sociedad San Sebastion 2.

of

Belle 2. Tas Palmas t. Osasuna 4, Oviedo 3 Valencia 2, Real Madrld 1. Zaragoza 6. Granada 2. Atletico of Blibao 4, Val- Incalla 3-China Mall Special.

Jump Record

London. John Albert Kramer won the kay to o million-dollar fortuno in forty-five miniutes.

He received it from the late King George VI on American Independence Day, 1947 after stemming the American Tom Brown B-1, 0-3, 6-2 In one of the fastest ver Wimbledon men's singles Annls.

His prize tax held for one year only was the large, double-handled silver Challenge Cup. Before parting with It. Kramer used it to open the golden gates in professional kown tenis,

Other Wimbledon champlona have done the same. But noue with such startling success as Kramer. He promptly berima world professional champion. monopolised the biggest pureest ала then turned Impresario

of the world' ringmaster greatest tennis circus,

By JOHN MELVIN

Jock Kramer was born in Las

Vegas, where fortunes are won and lost at the turn of a wheel. But there is no element of luck in his own success story. Every step in his sporing career has been carefully premeditated.

Kramer, six feel one, the and long-legged, is a tennis machine designed by nature and built by man, From the age of 14, his life was geared to the one aim of making him Into A world-beating tennis

star,

His father, a locomotive en- gineer on the Union Pacifie Railroad, had supported himself from the age of 12 and so misant youth. He resolved that his son the sporting activities of normal

should have all the opportunities he has been denied.

first, choles for nomination by jgiving champlon Conzales his The USLTA. and he arrived | toughest-ever

Ict

everyone

for tho

a

Kramer drives his men hard, playing one-night stands at nerve-rocking pace all over the

lakes world. But he also

Interest in their wel- fatherly fare. And he pays' them, well, This year he is aging his first European Grand Prix of lowIY tennis with the inrgest-ever prizes at stake.

in England June, 1947, arined world title.

of stenk, klx with 65 pounde

boxca of | Sheen. At 15, he defeated the racquets and three hard-hitting Alice Marble, and home-made blacuits. won the national boys' singles

Kramer meant business and and doubles championships.

know It. He Jones gulded his tournament started hot favourite for the career, arranged for the great title and took it in casy style Ellsworth Vines, 1932 Wirable (the first man to win Wimble

wearing don champion, to play with him don

shorts). tirce times a weck for

The following day he captured meaths. Later Kramer won a the double crown with Bob tennis cholarship to a callege Falkenburg. Then he returned in Florida, 'ani, at 18, was home and successfully dotended

elected for the US. Davis Cup his American tille, squed.

five

Lonnis

Jake is also a tough business- o hard bar- man, who drives gain and usually gets what he wants. Last year, when he was banned from using amateur courts in Australla, he bullt an 8,000 portable court and went on his dollar-spinning way.

Now Jake was ready to cushi Never was a tenais pradigy Kiven more encouragement in on those years of dedicatori practice and match play. · In and opportunity to develop.

he signed o And Kramer fully merited it. | November, 1947.

contract tour He had the perfect physique | 50,000-dollar and temperament for the with world professional for amateur ideas," he explains.

"I have the greatest respect

game. He was quick to learn. champion Bobby Riggs. At 20,

"But progress is progress, and And he trained fanalically. As he had won the biggest salary that's what I represent in ten-

young man he neither ever offered to a lawn tennisnis." smoked nor drank, and he star cut out late-night social acti- vtiles.

FIRST SIGNS

By the beginning of 1942. At first his son

Jock Kramer had covered up was baseball crazy. So Pop Kramer laid out

the last chink in his armour- Kramer Jack to the fans a trasball court in the backyard a weak backhand. He won ten and Jake to his friends 15, and organised regular practice tournaments in a row; then now a dollar-millionaire, And sessions,

first-class playing Then came the first continued the unchallenged King of Ten-sign that young Jack might tennis as Able Seaman Kramer Count nis.

have a greater future in tennis, in the wartime U.3.

Guard. In 1943, he beat the Senior Jik not immortal Don Budge. He uprooted the

WAR SERVICE

Initial

on

to

There have been suggestions tarned quickly

What Kromer has boosted profits went by guarantee and

fixing matches. But the rako in more than facts show otherwise. In one 100.000 dollars in his first tour

won 60 out at 89 year as a professional. Al matches and one-sided tours

are bad for the box-office,

wom their first two matches, brit

OVER- Kramer steadily hauled him to become M- cognised 民廊 the greatest player in the world, Their

attracted meetings

record galen all over the Slates.

Is cheque book is on H- Kramer bonb to the amateur tennis | hesitate. world. With it he has reduced family homestead and shifted,

But Kramer was never con- lock and The amateur game to second-lock,

barrel, to

ient with making moncy as a suburb closs status,

of stripped countries Montebello,

All the player.

time he wbs Los Angeles, of their international store,

home of the

The following year,

"mition from saving for hia greatest tennis players and after his marriage to a Monle-tenate

wanted collies, He reckoned that if bello girl, Kramer was ordered

launch his son had ony natural talent to the South Pacific, where he h

globe.

POWER

Such is his power thht he has been able to boast; "I could destroy the entire Davis Cup the structure bye aming up world's leading amateurs." Bucharest, Sept. 21. Iolanda Bala of Rumania Fortunalely for amateur beat her own world high jump ¦ tenais, Kramer is not destructive record by clearing 1.84 metres by nature. Every sweep of his (6 feet 0-1⁄4 inches) here today racquet, every stroke of his

during the Balkan games.

pen, has some constructive pur poré. And he is shrewd enough Her previou best Was

to, realize that his future profita meires (0 feet 0

depend largely on the health of Reuler.

the amateur game.

I'M A GUIDE. THESE ARE TOURISTS. MAY WE LOOK AROUND

HAW, HAW ---THAT'S

THE WAY

THE BALL.

WHAT'S YOUR

.COOKIE

NAME?

BOUNCES

BRICK BRADFORD

1.83 Inches).-

by MADDOCKS

YES MATE, BUT KEEP YER "TIKEVIN'SLANDS OFF

OUR BRIGEN

RIGHT

FOLLOW ME LET'S TAKE

A CHUSTY AROUND

WHAT'S HS

UP TO?

By Mik

By Ernie Bushmiller

AND THAT'S THE WAY THE COOKIE CRUMBLES

BUSHMILJER

By Paul Norrla

BRICK BECOMES CONCERNED ABOUT

PAM AND LIDA AND SETS OUT TO FIND

THEM

ITS EASY TO TRACK THEM IN THIS POWDERY DIRT... PAM MUST'VE SCUFFED HER FEET TO

MAKG BURE OF A

TRAIL!

A FEW MINUTES LATER.....

THERE'S PAMİ SHE'S LYING VERY STILL!!

woon

for the game here was the place commanded a tank landing craft to develop it,

in five Invasions, Including those

Junior

pines.

Dis-

Ho plan.

to monty

circus on

star-studded trotting tours.

GLITTERING OFFERS

he

ALL-TIME GREAT

In 1957, Hood appeared as a professional at Wembley only A few months ufler winning Wimbledon. Fans

were enger io Fe the ex-amateur king, He but Kramer didn't cash in. knocked out Hoad in his first match.

Kramer,

the greatest

mon

who ranks

Among tennis players of ali time, is primarily a business- now. He has a lush Los Angeles home, three automo- bile, a golf course, sports ik equipment outdt, racehorses, share in an oll well, wife, Gloria, and five sons.

a

a pretty,

He judged right. At 14, his of New Guinea and the Philip- Fon was brought into the Junior Development Programme. And His tennis was unimpaired he showed such promise that by

In two years he had pleked the long lay-off. the programme director, Perry charged in January. 1946, with up some 300,000 dellors on the T. Jones,

sacred him

We rank of lieutenant (junior tennis clrcuits. He and Riggs membership of the exclusive grade), ho took only four went Into busines together, Los Angeles Tennis Club.

inter ron inonths to recuplure top tourno-but

separate tennis form. In

he troupes. Inevit

June, Each lay Jack took a DO-

in Britain Reeded arrived minute trolley ride to Beverly second to Dinny Pails of Aus

Kramer, the Barnum of the Hills for lesson.p from Dick train in the Wimbledon Cham Baselines, stean-rollered his rival out of big business with

all-year, money-no-object Anh hoaill wins

So Kramer keeps on playing. thousands of pounds in prize-money in

Here's the gift.. Sheaffers

SNORKEL port

WORLD'S ONLY PEN

WITIC "NO-DUNK" FILLINOI

FA

Newlyweds prefer

SWISSAIR

THE AIRLINE OF SWITZERLAND

ROWNTREE'S

ALRO

THE

MILK CHOCOLATE THAT'S DIFFERENT!

ANGRAN QUORAANS, IN

an Miquel

racquet hand. He won three rounds alded by bandages, tape and a speeint glove, then fell

He

W15

But tennis in not merely a business to him. It is a way of life. "I'm lucky to be one of those people whose job is also their play," he says.

seen before. would addition to taking a lion's share

terest in the amateur

He also takes a genuine in-

game

pionships.

Critics agreed that Kramer outfi such as the world had

the was

player with the never greatest mastery of strokes in certain that the public

But the Champlonihip. the pay good money to see the best of the gate receipts, American was handicapped by tennis, and he was not afraid to painful chronic blisters, on his back his belief with hard cash.

Few amateurs could resist the which made his fabulous carcer

dollar-priza The possible, and gives time glittering

to encourage dangled before them, He signed money. up the two Panchos, double- coming youngsters. listed Segura ond dyname Gonzales. Then, in 1953, ho flest shook the amateur world sta amateur ployers la by capturing Australia's world-they are too easy about losina. beating Davis Cup pair. Frank used to cry my eyes out in ¡Sedgman and Ken McGregor, the dressing room when any even though they had lucrative the guy around until I'd licked body best me, Then I'd follow

him."

gruel.

to Jaroslav Drobny in ling two-and-a-quarter-hour marathon,

IMMACULATE

Blisters healed, Kramer proceeded to crush all the lead- ¡Incentives to remain amateurs. ing amoleurs with his Imma-

culate power tennis. In In 1955 he signed Rex September he became Amerl-Hartwig for over £10,000 and can champion, In December, Tony Trabert for about £28,000. with Tai Schrueder

and 1950 he captured Ken Rose Gardnar Mulky, he brought wall with a £20.000 guarantee back the Davis Cup from Aus- for a year. In 1957, he finally tralia. The score: 6-0,

caught up with

Low Hoad, Wimbledon champion twice world-record

Kramer wAS

in the big running. with s

time and he loved every bid of £44,000 for 25 months.

moment cf IL Articulate, self-confident, le mixed canity in society, appeared on television, spoke at banquets

in his honour.

But he never

BEST FIVE

This year, ho dccimated Australia's Davis Cup team for took success the third ume by signing up for granted, never allowed Ashley

Coopar and Mal coclal life to interfere with his Anderson. And now King tennis. Heferring to his VIP Kramer can fairly boast that friends, he once said will re he has at least the best ave

candour: freshing

"Sure, J

players in the world. know they wouldn't be sprak- ing to me it I couldn't hit a tennis ball."

Kramer now had a family of three children and was eager to turn his tennis talent 10

But financial gain.

frat he wanted to win the top amstour title. Ho announced: "I'll play ut Wimbledon if I have to skin my bank roll and mortgage

my house."

No such drastic mensures WETO necessary. Kramer

CHESS

The secret of Jake Kramer's success? He has a gonule for organization. He understands the needs and problems of the modern tennis player. Above all, he is a man of decision.

Plenty of Dundila said that Hoad would never justify Kramer's generous gusranice. He was inconsistent, tempera- mental and injury-prone, Yo, despite E lay-off with back trouble, Lew hos proved a box-office attraction, playing consistently well and

was terrifle

by LEONARD BARDEN

【回

(29,6667)

Here is a position from netual play: White to move ---* win.

• London Capresy: Berekons

and

up-ind-

His only criticism of present- that

That's Jake Kramer all, over. An Indomitable fighter. A man who hates to lose. A champion of championa

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