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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1900.

Young Matthews (14) is

HENRY LONGHURST on GOLF

NEW STORM

THREAT HANGS

OVER SQUAW

tipped for tennis fame SPEED-LINKS

The pale, poker-faced boy on the baseline stretched

up and up to his full height of 5 feet 8 inches. There was a scything sweep of arm and racket. Then the ping of ball on gut echoed through the vast cavern of Wimbledon's superb modern covered court as a crashing service scored across the net.

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14- watching the Was year-old phenomenon who to- day is the best tennis player of bis oge In Britain. And who #ome judges think will one day be the best tennis player in the world.

His name is 8TANLEY MAT- THEWS Jun.-on of the Stan Matthews, Immortal right-wing wizard of England and Black pao).

Although in his walk there n hius of the. uncary shuffle with which Ston Matthews has mesmerised millions. Stane junior will never rock the terraces Wembley or Hampden,

of

At 14, hi life la atrendy dedicated to tennis.

Every afternoon, from Novem be to February except when he is ploying in tournaments— Stan practices ht YOU Wimbledon, or that other shrine

of international Leanis, Queen's Club.

Here, for 2-3 hours. Sundays Included, the Stan Matthews- and-son Suur-Plan goes Into full, furious action.

Here, under the perfectionist eye of the LTA professions! cuach, tough Australian George Worthington, Sinp practises forehand, slam, serve, volley tirckhund-just as years before, when he was a spare, leggy little kid, he used to dribble and kick a bull, for hour after hour in his father's back garden at Black Doo).

His progress

Wimbledon, LOSE week, 100 yards or so from the Centre Court, I asked Worthington how young Stanley was coming along.

by ALAN

HOBY

in tennis as his father is in foot- be, I rang up Matthews senior,

I said: "What Anally decided ton, Stan, to take the plunge and Temove, your zon from school at

when an opr

mort youngsters are only beginning their education?”

Stan Matthews told me:

Well.

a way it was in

Up to 11, young RUGBY Stan was very good as a foot- baller. He looked exceptionally promising.

"infortunately, at Arnold High School, which he attended here. they didn't play Soccer. Only Rugby, And he didn't like Rugby. So he turned more and more to tennis,

UTA's

• Hero is young STANLEY MATS THEWS playing! shot at: "Queen'a Club. He practises obry day, including Sundays, at Queen's . or Wimbledon,

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London.

5.

That worthy body the Golf Foundation reports year of unparalleled

* activity and advance. Formed in 1952) by parties quite properly interested in maintaining the supply of recruits to golf, which, following the barren post-war years, appeared to be dwindling in alarming fashion, its members set about breaking down the hostility of headmasters to golf and setting up free "classes" if that is the right word, to be instructed by the local professional.

Starting with a few

the latter connection to work appear on paper. I can assure many still a tribe reluctant, they on their behalf by Mr Guy you that it is extremely simple

Bigwood, past President of the on the plan, Engin Golf Unlon, deserves national acclaim).

now Instruct no fewer 16,000 pupils in 400 schools.

than

Same of their early "products" are now coming into their own and they can place to their credit the 1959 boy champion. Alon Murphy of Dantel Stewarts College, and for 1038 tho, assistants' champion, Tony Grubb, who began at. Malvern College, and the Scottish boy-

Grant, of champion, James Inverness,

then

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Intriguing

Tho

art

VALLEY SITE

Squaw Valley, Fab. 11.

A now, storm threat hung L'over this Olympic sito to-

day with the Games open- ing in just a week and the aroo still digging out from the last blizzard. tab

There were also, the varied complaints that generally pre- cede a big international athletle event and two injuries among the competitors.

Sul spirits rose as 'the kun shone, yesterday, and offieijin voiced confidence all would be in readiness for the Febru- ary 18-28 Games,

As skiers took to the slopes, Flippo Rigst, a Spanish racer from Barcelona, suffered the first injury on the course. He sprained an ankle and had to be brought off Papoose Peak on a toboggan,

Inga Lovein, Swedish cross

when the competition starts.

You could, of course, put o nine-hole pllel-and-putt course on 30 acres, but it dentes the player the authenie Ult and To finance 199 acres for a Extending his full strength

skill lo

game, however DOW Course Dear a big town humble a performer he may be. is virtually out of the ques tion. A poble solution, Taking a normal 18 Hole already tried both,” by course the inventor says, that at muintelonkitles and private 15 seconds per shot an "16 parties,, comes from America. shooter spends 20 minutes in making shots and three, hows This is a

construction design and 40 minutes in walking and All recruite,' 'mot merely potented by a. Mr. Luke O. waiting (in my own experience country runner, broken bons

America Juniors, being welcomed, they Morris, of Georgia, and called in.

optimistic in her wrist on Tuesday when went, into partnership Speed-Link, and I must say I fud estimate!). His own design, be the fell while walking in the with the Central Connell of it most intriguing. It consisty, claims, enables

a four-ball to Olymple Village arep She Physical Recreation to seek briefly, of playing two adincent play 18 holes in two hours. sald she would be all right out, ráere adult, quarry, and holes at once,

Only '30 acres, three big again with renurkable suc

For simplicity I take the nine- fairways, six greens and six lees hole, version ignite

is a very different proposition from what we have hitherto as normal. It might 427 classes

Here we have three sole of, regarded *three holes, apiece. running bring to thousands of new- round the kides of a triangle, comers a delight in golf almost Together with this body, they comprising 3.050 yards",

of indistinguishable from what the run 422 classes, bringing in an authenue got end occupying only rest of us have been brought up could "dres considerable snow"

her 5,000 grown-up golfers. It 30 acres. Each set is the same on. interests me particularly that in principle, though they will more and more industrial Arms vary according to the terrain. Fre forming their own.goling In a typical case you have the Lake Fred Ferry, Ilke Stan Sr. seiciles and providing insiruz first hole $25 yards par ave, the BE A REGULAR READER liise all the great ones from tlon at their works.

second 333 yards par four and Puncho Gonzales to Emil Zatopek,

the third 165 yards, par three. young Stanley glories in the big

"I'm all right Jack," could

The second hole, played from occasion.

No big-head, and so modest never survive the impact of golf, the same tee as the first, branches slightly away to a green of He you can scarcely get him to All this is very well, but

own. beyond which is a tee for my a word about himself. be where, having had their the short third, The long first is, nevertheless, * born enthusiasm kindied, are these and short third then arrive at the trouper, a natural compellier, tens of thousands of golfers going name

"It was about this time school at a tender age; but of Fund for a time shares one Dan Muskell,

how he was yanked" from Bed supreme showman gift with his had coaching mannger who

nt an unearthly hour

every dazzling dad, keeping EN Eyc on

out in the been

bm, asked me what I was going morning to work

the weather, chest expanders, Indian to do with the boy. He had his open, whatever first rocket, you know, when he with was seven and played in his first clubs, and weighta. kurnament at eight,

li

"I said If I take him away from school so he can have

the wluler to practise tennis, will you help?" Moskell sald 'Yes."

"Atan Matthews paused, then added: "You know, Joung Stan's roi il pretty easy at the moment, He's got top coaches, top facilities, every ad- vantage. But it won't always be so."

Dad is wary

the

Now, 3

later. years Maestro - he will bo 45 lo- morrow and says cheerfully "Im not finished with football yet"— will keep an equally wary eye on yourg Stan,

his

Born trouper

RECET. Two tees, two

"The larger the crowd the to play The foundation see no greens, three holes.

difficulty. I do. Which brings me to my present point.

Àmong

Hit two balls

better he likes it. He always He will see that there is no plays at his best when there is pon's something really vital at stake," slackening in

his father told me with quiet Many remote clubs can do mental and physical build-up.

with more members.

From the first tee you hit two Not that there is much need pride.

And that's why I say that, the bigger conglomerations of balls, one for the first hole and I thought of Stanley to worry.

You then becomes one for the second. "In two years." Worthing-

For the boy who was one of with such a background of guts population, however, Father Jack ton replied firmly, "he bas Matthews's already improved more than Matthews, the Fighting Barber the juniors Christine Truman end games genius, only Ulness more and more difficult to and a proceed, according to fortune, to can stop club which is not already full, piny whichever ball is con- many ore threatened venient, finishing up at the first 40 per cent. If he progresses of Hunley, with his wax mous refused to continue practising or sheer misfortune

with last winter refusal Stanley fun from heaping fresh while at the same rate in the next tache and dancing feet.

led to Christine the which

being honours on the glorious name of wholly or partly by the builders green having played three holes. And thought

I

how

be exorbitant rating demands (In Compleated as I may make this five years, and barring some

not only left taken of the Young Players' Stanley Matthews. disaster, he will be GREAT. Maestro himself

...A Invis Cup player repre-

senting his country through-

Sten junior

of

the

FOUR D. JONES

by MADDOCKS

937

"GENERAL LAYABOUT!

WE MUST LEAD OUR POOR PEASANTS OUT OF THIS DARKNESS WITH YOUR STRONG RIGHT ARM

DO GO ON,

AMIGO, YOU DON' EMBARRASS ME ONE LEETLE BIT

FERDINAND

out the world."

As young Stan, playing with

By Knight, who is Britain's i Joint No. 1 with Dobby Wilson. flashed

forchand sizzling D down the line, Worthington went on-

"I don't suppose any bay in the world has ever received more training Or mnich play while so young. Not even Low Hund or Reti Rosewall bud as nuch concentrated coaching al his age.

"Of course, I have to ruck him sometimes. We have been working on hus beckhand amung other things--but he is a good learner and, whenever possible.

I muke him play with better players than himsell, Just to show him how hard he has to work to win,"

As д member Nominated Young Players' Fund

Heta iree

balls, free travel, and lunches.

For two hours every morning he hes u talor, who teaches him English,

geography,

matics, and French.

mathe-

Work, work.

When he is in London, during the winter months, he stays with comedian. Charlie Chester and his wife. who are elesé friends of the Maithews faintly.

In the spring he returns to Blackpool to another tutor, to a further intensive round

to

at tournament play, and practise. practise, practise, i work work, work on the first- clean court in the Matthew garden.

Fascinated by this rigorous routine which, if he reaches the praks, could make young Stanley John Matthewn as worki famed

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OH, BRICK 169 FIND KRIG NOW!

I'M SO GLAD YOU FOUND ME... AND

I'M GLAD YOU'RE

QKAY!!

YOU GAY HED·· ON A BARGE!

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YES! I DON'T KNOW WHETHER HE WAS SHOT DOWN ORKIS PARASUN GAVE OUT! I SAW THEM FISK HIM OUT OF THE

CANAL

YOURE RIGHT I CANNOT FORGET

MY DUTY TO ME

PEASANTS

OH, DEAR WHY DID HE LEAVE ME LIKE THIS?

THE CANAL IS PERFECTLY CLEAR | THROUGH HERE,

PAMJEN

VIYA YOU MATE, VIVA!

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