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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1960.

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WIMBLEDON PROSPECTS

Watch Barry Mackay in the men's singles

By JOHN COTTRELL

will be

Recent history tells us that the winner of this year's Wim- bledon men's singles championship-a title worth around 100,000 dollars in Jack Kramer's language young and athletic, with an impressive current ment record and have either Australian blood in his veins.

tourna- or American

Lawn tennis has become strictly a young man's game and the days when an old thoroughbred cantered past a field of energetic colts seem sadly to be over. Not since "Old Drob" triumphed six years ago at the age of 32 has the title been captured by a player more than 24 years old.

In recent years also the tille has gone to one of the leading favourites, although Kurt Niel sen of Denmark (1963 and 1955) and Rod Laver of Austra- lia (1959) both surprised the experts by playing their way, unseeded, into the final.

Who has all the qualifications to succeed Alejandro Olmedo of Peru and probably become the last man to join such names as Tilden, Cochet, Perry and Budge on the roll of amateur Wimble- don champions?

Valuable weapon One player is outstanding: 6 ft. 3 In., 14 st. Barry Mackay, champion of Italy.

and

when

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BARRY MACKAY possesses the big- gest service in modern Tennis, excellent match temperament and stay- ing power.

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His record is not 50 im-

pressive, but he is a player with

no

serious weakness and it should be recalled that he led Laver 5-2 in the fifth set of their semi-final in the Australian Championships this year.

match temperament Moreover, he has the biggest

amateur or superb staying power. service in tennis,

He gives oral vent to his feel- professional. He has cured his

And ings on making an unhappy Mackay, Fraser, Laver, Emer- old double-fault trouble,

these are the four by the way his cannonball

error, but one expletive usually son

matter and he falls players who seem likely to pro- livery whipped off the slow ends the courts of the Foro Italice, in the back into his easy relaxed style, vide the strongest challenge for Italian championships, and Stade

As for his stomina, this was Olmedo's undefended title. And Roland Garros, In the French never better illustrated than at my money will be on Mackay, championships, I would say he last year's Wimbledon

Dark horses? Several could will produce the fastest service he defeated No. 2 seed Nesle shake the seeding committee's. Buchholz, seen at Wimbledon since Bob Fraser in

u 52-game quarter- calculations - Earl

Ron to Rod Chuck McKinley and Falkenburg, who saved three final and went under match points in winning the Laver in the semi-final only Holmberg of the United States, tile in 1948.

after

an unforgettable 87-game Andres Gimeno (Spain), Ro- manathan Krishnan (India) and A big service of consistent ae- marathon.

Britain's Bobby Wilson. curacy is the most valuable, weapon in tennis and nowhere at Wimbledon more so than

green courts

where the lush provide possibly the fastest sur- face in the world.

First choice Mackay, like Olmedo

Consistent

Finally, there is Mackay's consistent record this season. since losing to Tut Bartzen in the US. Championships and to Neale Fraser in the Davis Cup, he has suffered no serious de- last feats.

He is young-24: American year, has had the valuable ex- -born, like Tony Trabert professionals. When he played perience of practising with the with Gonzales, Trabert and and Bill Talbert; and he has Road two years ago, he claim

ed he learned more about the the most impressive record game in three hours than in all

his previous career. for this year among all the

amateurs.

Above all, I make Mackay my first choice for Wimbledon because of his magnificent ble

COUNTY CRICKET

Derby's Les

Jackson

achieves season's

first hat-trick

London, June 20.

Les Jackson, Derbyshire's 39-year-old fast bowler, achieved the first hat-trick of the English County Cricket Championship season, when

"Butch" Buchholz captured the junior titles of Australia, France, Wimbledon and the United States in 1958-a unique stroke feat-and dismissed No. 3 seed Pietrangeli in the first round of Wimbledon last year. He and his close friend McKinley, both 19, are the most exciting young His victims have included Roy players in American tennis today Dick Savitt (twice), Barizen, bledon. Emerson, Earl Buchholz (twice), and both could go far at Wim- Nicole Pietrangel, Luis Ayala and Bobby Wilson. In American tournaments he has twice mas- tered the present world No. 1 Neale Fraser, once after surviv- ing six match points.

Neale Andrew Fraser, 6 ft.-tall crew-cut son of Melbourne judge, must rank

a

of beating champion Ashley Cooper.

The old school? The days of glory in the singles seem passed for Patty, Drobny and Mulloy, though all are capable of caus- But one of the over thirty ing upsets in the early rounds. brigade will need watching- wily Herbie Flam of New York. Two players I have not men tioned

are Nicole Pietrangeli, champion of France, and Luis Ayala, runner-up in the French and Italian Championships.

that Current form demands they should be recognised Last year India's champion leading challengers at Wimble- gave Olmedo his toughest battle don, but their brilliance is dis-

Most improved

Gimeno is the most proved player in Europe;

nonchalant Krishnan, so

in style, is one of the most feared opponents in the world.

as

at Wimbledon and defeated played to be advantage on hard Traser in the final of the Lon- courts and for all their experi- don Championships. This year ence I cannot see either of them next favourite for the he has beaten Mackay for the winning on fast grass of Wim-

first time in four meetings to bledon. title by reason of his un-win the Asian Championship.

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rivalled record at Wimble-

don in recent years.

Artistic Wilson is currently Duvis out of favour with the Cup selectors, but the fact re- mains that he has the best post-war record for a Fraser-once known as "The player in the Wimbledon men's.

He has twice reached Prince of Losers"--has reached singles,

and

THURSDAY:

British The Ladies Singles

Championship

six Wimbledon finals and only the quarter-finals-in 1959 once tasted success, in the men's in 1958 when he came within a doubles with Emerson last year. He has been runner-up in the men's singles of Wimbledon,

Australia and Italy; semi-analist in the championships of the

United States and France,

Until last year Fraser, had

the He world's top singles titles.

he sent back Worcestershire's first three bats-never captured one of men for only five runs in their second innings at Derby today.

He bowled opener Ron Headley with the last ball of one over, broke John Sedgley's wicket the first ball of the next, and then had Derek Richardson caught by wicket- keeper George Dawkes off the second ball,

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Scores

finally ended his losing streak in the by defeating Olmedo men's singles final at Forest Hills, and virtually "single- handed regained the Davis Cup for Australia with victories over Olmedo and Mackay.

The old hoodoo

But the old hoodoo returned

Close of play scores in to- day's cricket matches were:

At Brentwood: Essex 358 for

23 jor declared and one. Oxford University 285 (C. Fry 40, J. Burki 144 not in Brisbane last February when he lost a famous five-set final to out).

Australian Rod Laver in the Championships.

Worcestershire were also at

At Tunbridge Wells; Sussex the receiving end of Jackson's only previous hat-trick-in 69 and 165 for four (D. Smith 1958, when Dawkes again 58, K. Suttle 49 not out). Kent belped by holding all Three 91 for eight declared (Dixon 55, Leart 117, M. Cowdrey 125, catches.

R. Marler five for 12).

It must surely be a now-or- never Wimbledon bid by 26- year-old Fraser. He has watch- Australian colleagues ed his overtake him in a steady pro- At the Oval: Surrey 'A' 123 cession-Hartwig, Hoad, Rose- and 80 for DO wicket (A wall, Rose, Anderson and Coop

Now there is a distinct Parsons 45 not out). York- er. Yorkshire flayed Surrey's

shire 434 for four declared danger that the youthful Laver pitilessly at the bowling Oval with Brian Close col. Padgett 117, H. Close 198, may also step ahead.

226-run stand

lesling a career-best 198 and

Dour. Padgett 112.

In

R. Illingworth 55 not out).

At Manchester: Lancashire 214 and 131 for five (K. Grieves 43,

a third-wicket stand of Middlesex 170, T. Greenhough 226, this pair hit 163 in 150 five for 36).

minutes before lunch, and At Cardiff: Somerset 228 and Close figured in another cen 288 for nine declared (C. Mc- tury partnership, this time with Cool 58, C. Greetham 97, K. Ray Illingworth, when they hit Palmer 52). Glamorgan 190 (A. 121 in 110 minutes.

Jones 53, W. Wooler 40) and four for no wicket.

Fraser has the weapons. big The strongest is his swinging service; the weakest Is his rather defensive back- hand, But I rate his own personality as his one big handicap.

He has a cool and steady temperament; there is no more! charming a fellow in the game.j In fact, he is too nice a guy. Close hit three sixes and 22

Af Northampton: Cambridge For Fomehow he has never fours in his 335-minute innings, 212 and 183 for one (R. Prideaux really shown that vital "iler" straight-driving all his sixes off 56, A. Lewis 50 not out). Nor-instinct.

History does not favour south- left-arm spinner Tony Lock thamptonshire 494 for eight de- whose beneft match this 18. clared (R. Subba Row 128, J. paw Fraser since only two-left- handers have ever won the Lancashire leg-spinner Tommy Williamson 106 not out). Greenhough spun Middlesex into At Derhy: Worcestershire 291 tle Norman Brookes and

Commanding lead

the

This also Jaroslav Drobny

to Rod Laver, the trouble at Old Trafford today, and 20 for three. Derbyshire 30 applies where he grabbed five first inn-for eight declared (C. Lee 76,

freckle-faced, young Australian went unseeded ings wickets for 38 to help dis-D. Carr 67, I. Johnson 96).

who cheekily miss Middlesex far 170, leaving At Bristol Warwickshire 324

On the other hand, Laver is them 44 behind on first innings, for four declared and 76 for into last year's Wimbledon anal. Northamptonshire skipper one (N. Horner 50). Gloucester-champion of Australia and the Raman Subba Row, included in shire 226, (B. Meyer 54, B. holder of that title won

in 1956, England's 12 for the second Test Nichols 49, J. Mortimore 47 Wimbledon singles beginning at Lord's on Thurs-not out, O. Wheatley Ave for 1958, and 1959.

Nicknamed the "Rockhamp- day, hit great form with 128 57). against Cambridge Univerilty. At Louthborough: Leicester-ton Rocket" 21-year-old Laver shire 245 and 178 for five (M. has the kind of fighting spirit Hallam 49, W. Watson 55 not and tremendous stamina that out). Nottinghamshire 192 (J. can earn the Wimbledon title in year where there is no one Winfield 43, M. H 56, C.

outstanding challenger. Pople 40). Reuter.

Last

fantastic year, he made unique and

Wimbledon debut-- playing no fewer than 646 games in ten days, reaching all three finals, and being victorious in the mixed doubles. Such dynamic player, unafraid to go ail out for his shots at critical moments, must have a chance ut taking the ille.

Kent and England skipper Colin Cowdrey added only 18 to, his overnight 197 againsi Sussex before being out, but Stuart Leary knocked up 117, declare enabling Cowdrey to

922 runs on,

Don Smith, with 53, and Ken. Sutile, unbeaten with 49 at the close, helped Sussex to put on 185 runs and well on their way to averting the Innings defeat.

Warwickshire paco bowler OneWhalley took five Gloucestershire Arst innings wickets for 57. Gloucester- shire were 98 behind and War- wickshire had increased their lead to a commanding 169 for the lost of one wicket by the close.

Sports Diary

TO-DAY

Meeting Amateur Sports Federation Olympic

Committee meeting, 8.0. Post Board Boom, 5.20 p. Tennis x1RC (4) CRC UC v Koo

Water-polo Senior League: 80AA V CYMCA. victoris Fool, 1 pa

Junior League Fade A Victoria Bog1.30 1-70

FARKLI Fig championships, West Lounge, EYMCA.

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The third man who could regain Australia's grip on the title is 23-year-old Roy Emerson, brother-in-law of professional Mal Anderson.

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