1936-10-02 — Page 11

SUPREMACY OF

FRED PERRY

A World Ranking

List Of Players

CONTINUED DECLINE OF CRAWFORD

Another international season on grass' and hard courts has run its courses it ends with F. J. Perry's grand win in Ameries, which puts another seal not unly to hla_own supremacy but to that of his country, and, as though, to stress the absence of s leading lady, the downfall on the same day of Miss H. Jacobs and Miss D. E. Round, writes the "Times" lawn tennis correspon- dent

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the score two matches all, leaving Crawford to stand up as best he could against Perry in a mood for massacre. For some time

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1936.

HALSE OUT OF AIR RACE

Crash Within Sight Of Goal

AIRMAN UNHURT

U.S. BASEBALL

Opening Game Of World Series

GIANTS WIN

New York, Sept. 30. The New York Giants won the

VERITY'S 200

WICKETS

Yorkshire Gain An Easy Victory

beating

Yorkshire finished their county programme

good style at Bournemouth recently. Hampshire by 10 wickets. Finding the dusty pitch to his liking Verity varied his pace and fighted and.

opening game of the World Series by six runs to two to-day, Hubbell. their ace pitcher, playing magni!- Acent baseball under the worst possible conditions. Ruming pitch-spun the ball with all his usual skill, and, took six wickets for 74 ing throughout for the Yankees, lost control for a moment. In the eighth inning and allowed tha Giants to get into a position to score four times on three hits, his

London, Sept. 30. Captain 9. S. Halse, of Jchan- nesburg, when within a few hours of his destination and the first prize in the London-Johannesburg air marathon, crashed his plane at Salisbury to-day. He was taken to hospital with slight bruises about the head and has with drawn from the race.

Victor Smith, living up to his

S "Unlucky Victories. by is forced landing 30 miles Gants hit nine times safely and

Yankees seven.

• Up to the eighth inning the Giants had only led by two ta one. Selkirk scored frst, for the

reputation

from

mates throwing wildly in the

Saloniki, has called for assistance and says he intends to resume his flight after repairs are made to his plane.

There is the utmost disappoint-Yankees, hitting a homer in the men; at Johnnesburg at the news equalised in the Afth, cracking out third with neone on.. Bartell of Captain Ha'se's crash. Prac-

home run. In the sixth Men- Quistically the whole population had

cuso hit single which put Ot: gathered at the lominated air-

actors port and

the plate and hot refreshments and

gave the Giants a lead they never relin- petrol and oil were ready for the

quished. airman in case he decided to push on to the Cope and try for a re: cord for that distance.

A survey

of happenings that leave comparatively few vivid me-- mories this year is a timely guide to ranking the world's first 10 pla- yers, at best an absorbing pas- has been among the world's great doubles players, but no one nas time for the chimney-corners in which, if the search for a mathe- made such remarkable progress in matical basis be pursued too ser- singles. His three match points lously, one is apt to find all the against von Cramm in a roaring season's glamour and movement wind In the Inter-Zone final distilled into cold figures. My came In ✡ five-set strug- selection, based on the year's re- gle that made us

for- cords since A. K. Quist became get the disappointments of a wet champion of Australia last Jan-Wimbledon, and his luck was SO

uary -

MEN

1. F. J. Perry (Great Biltaln),

2. G. von Crumm (Germany).

3. D; Budge (USA).

4.

A. K. Quist (Australia).

5

H. W. Austin, (Great Britain).

6. J. H. Crawford (Australia).

7. B. M. Grant (USA).

8.

J. Borotra (France).

9: W. L. Allison (U.S.A.).

10.

C. Boussus (France).

WOMEN

1. Miss H. Jacobs (USA),

Z.

Fru. 8. Sperling (Denmark).

3. Miss K. E. Stammer, (Great

Britain),

4. Miss A Marble (USA).

5. Miss D. E. Round (Oreut,

Britain).

6. Mme. R. Mathieu (France).

Mme. J. Jedrzejowska (Po- land).

8. Senorita A. Lizana (Chile).

9. Mrs. M. Fabyan - (USA)..

ComtesSE de la Valdene

10.

(France).

No one in there lists has gone through the season unbeaten in

wretched that a flood of inconclu- sive agitation followed against the net-cord stroke. Austin is where he was, a distinguished master of strokes made more aggressively

SCOTT TRYING Meanwhlie Charles Scott, co-

runs.

When he met with his fifth suc- cess recently Verity had the dis- tinction of taking his two-hun- dredth wicket of the season, a feat he accomplished for the second time in his career.

With nine wickets in hand Hampshire required 184 runs to avoid being beaten in an innings, but judging from the

way R. H. Moore and C. G. A. Paris began it seemed as though the home team were trying to force a victory in- stead of fighting against defeat. Moore's enterprise brought about his downfall, for after pulling Varity for 4 he tried to repeat the stroke and was caught at square- The cold, raw down the crowd to 48.000. Raining, and forsaking his usual dogged weather kert leg. Mead continued the free scor- began to fall at the end of the style he made 32 out of 77 in 80 second inning and the fleld was minutes. soon drenched and slippery. The

After his bright start Parts fell

winner of the Lendon-Melbourne Worst World Series condiloma in back on defence. Indeed, so slow-

race of 1934. and David Llewellyn. both of them, nying Percival Vega Gulls, are now racing for Arst place

nas reached Abercorn.

Scott

ten years prevalled. Reuter

than ever, but still relatively weak landing at 7.35 p.m. and lookir RECORD JUMP TO

in service and high volley, the big "guns of the game that are so essential to the modern champion. Alght against von Cramm in the semi-final round was one of the best matches I saw at Wim- bledon; as against Quist, he was beaten overhead.

dazed and very tired.

Не

may

zest a while. Llewellyn has not been "heard from since passing over Entebbe in the afternoon.

Third comes Max Findlay, who bus been held

up by engine- trouble but is now due to leave Khartoum at 10.30 pm. after 4

SUICIDE

ly did he progress that he spent three and a quarter hours over 58. Following the dismissal at 186 of Paris, Hampshire collapsed badly. and although the arrears were cleared off with four wickets in hand Yorkshire required only 25 for victory. Hampshire's last five wickets went down for 42 runs.

Frant is.. worker

By Jumping to his death from the top of

the world's highest ment doorway or being caught by building. New York's Empire State,

young man, recently achieved one of the "steps" in the build- The continued decline of. Craw-stay of seven hours. He has rec- the record of being the first per- ing's structure.

tifled the slight damage caused f❘ son to fall all 86 floors to the a forced landing at Kerma. 400 street, a distance of 1045 feet.. milles from Khartoum.

Suicide has been tried thrice previously from the tower on the top of the skyscraper. but each time the body has been prevented from reaching the street either by striking a canopy over a pavè-

This morning, A. E Clouston, whose chances yesterday were so rosy, was still held up at Catro with engine-trouble. He has not announced whether he will con- tique.

ford has been a grievous aspect of the season. Still, he will always be one of my heros, the man who became champion at Wimbledon and Aureull by beating Vines and Cochet, and whose polished stro-, kes even th adveralty have an air about them, This year he came to us bereft of even his native championship, and having played The only other survivor of the his part in bringing Australia nine starters Is Victor" Smith, through to the last match for the down near Saloniką, but gamely Davis Cup-it meant beating Ame-grappling with engine-trouble. rica on their own ground he left He is itching to restart and is at the Centre Court at Wimbledon least assured of one of the four the four great national champion-with most of the responsibility for handicap prizes. If he reaches ships, the British Hard Court defeat, beaten in both his singles Johannesburg within five days.— Championships and the Davis and matches. "Grant, a small man with Truter. Wightman Cup competitions, ex- a lion's heart for the Aght, gets cept Miss Marble, who played in

his place for the teasing returfis. only one of them. Clearly the full of purpose, that have" out. American lady champion must be witted many a stronger player. His in any list, especially when she first Wimbledon made every one has the strokes to beat the Wim- wish to see more of him; bledon champion; and in this case Perry could not subdue his gay there are Miss Marble's tourna defiance. ment record and her American mixed doubles championship Justify her high place. One great difficulty about compiling a rank- ing list, indeed, is that by playing more than others some players in- crease their chances of defeat.

SUPREMACY OF PERRY

to

Perry, of course, stands by him-

even

BOROTRA'S RETURN As the list goes on we" come to players like Borotra and probably Allison, who, though they have passed their best days, are clearly still stronger than young aspirants to their places, such as C. B. Hare and B. Destremeau, or those whose

self at the head of the list. Wim-high promise, like that of: V. B.

bledon champion three times run- aing, five times champion at Bournemouth, unbeaten in Davis Cup matches in the four years that Great Britain have been the holders, and 2 third victory

United "the

States by which he makes his acup inscribed with the names of the giants of the game-such, briefly, is Perry's record in 1936. It may well never be equalled. Just

In

Own

as Perry has dominated the scene by his incomparable speed on the Ball, so it has been Budge rather than von Cramm who has pressed

like

# SMITH LEAVES

London, Sept. 30. Victor Smith has repaired his machine and has left for Athens, continuing to participate in the handicap race.

Catro airport is remaining illa- minated for him to-night--- Reuter's Bulletin Serrice.

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CRASH NEAR END OF RACE

London, Sept. 29. Captain raise who is flying a Percival Mew Chall and has been McGrath, has been dimmed by an

Ieading in air race from England unhappy season, Borotra, in Aus- tin's absence last year. again be

to Johannesburg almost from the start made a forced landing at came the British champion on 5.30 p.m. British Standard Time, wood, a surface un which tem players above him in the list would 20 miles from Salisbury and only 650 miles from Rand airport at feel sure of beating him. He is the French doubles champion, and

Germiston where the race ends His machine crashed but he him- his exploits at Wimbledon with J.

zelt W25 Brugnon must surely instify

not hurt according to place among the best 20 players the accident the cause of which is first reports. Up to the time of in the world. Though there are

not stated he had taken just on probably other players in America

a

with a strong claim to Allison's 35 hours for a flight of 5.520 miles place, at least he led the Davis at an average speed, neglecting halts, of 1576 miles an hour, At the Cup team into the field as the na- tional champion. I would have

last landing place Capt, Halse had and ali complained of fatigue

him most closely with his heaving liked to see G. P. Hughes in the flat-hit backhand, which, Perry's forehand, is a step in ad- tenth place for his splendid seasickness due to bumpy conditions. vance or the purista,

son in doubles; but after all he According to earlier reports Scott and Guthrie. in a Viza Guil, were Cramm is entitled to be our No. had a fide partner in C. D. R

next behind Capt. Halse in the

Yet von

2, for he is the only man to have Tuckey. Boussus, has never taken

it took Perry

the place

to which na strokes race having left Kesumu, Kenya entitled him. Yet

a: 2.20 p.m. British Standard Time. Llewellyn and Huguezden In' another' Viga Gull left Entebbe at 210 pm British Standard Time.---

and von Cramm to beat him at Auteuil and Wimbledon.

beaten Perry in a championship match when he became champion of France again in that weird Afth set at Auteull; and he was again runner-up st

The season's form among the Wimbledon, even though a torn muscle made ladies was even more confusing Perry's revenge dismally formal than usual.

In the absence of Von Cramm has delightfully clean, Mrs. F. S. Moody our No. 1 must fast strokes and perhaps the best be Miss Jacobs for her Wimbledon

W

British Wireless

and her visit to America has been by no means unsuccessful. Both have attacking drives and volleys& that should lead the world and sometimes have done, with a con- tinned tendency, however, to be as unhappy one day as they were gaily dominant the day before,

service in the world for its stu-Championship, even though both the International field Miss Stam- dious strength. Yet, like other sty-, Miss Stammers and Miss Round mers won again at Bournemouth llata, his need to stand and swing beat her in the Wightman Cup, discloses his intentions, to those which, like the Davis Cup, was who can read.

packed with more good play and The two players between whom excitement than most of the Wim- it is most dimcult to choose are bledon meeting. How Great Bri- Austin and Quist. Austin has had tain managed not to win back the one of the most successful sea- cup after their fine beginning has sons of his career, crowned by the been the mystery of the season. grand victory over Crawford that It seems likely that Miss Stam- The rest of the list must explain meant everything to Great Bri- mers and Miss Round will again itself; it is significant that the tain's defence of the Davis Cup be equal No. 1 in the English rank-Comtesse de la Valdene, with her against an Australian challenge. ing when local tournaments are drive-volley az frm as ever; re- but Quist beat him, through his considered. Both are doubles turns to it. just as Borotra does greater power overhead to make champions at Wimbledon, but 'in among the men.

The victim-Robert Erskine (22), a research employed by a news magazine- was seen to climb over the para- pet: Be was heard to call ta some sightseers "Well, so long. folks!" as he threw himself out ward and downward?

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