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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, AUGUST

HOW VERITY BECAME A SPECIAL

GREAT BOWLER

YEARS OF HARD WORK

BEFORE SUCCESS

WHEN HIS BATTING THREATENED TO DESTROY HIS BOWLING

SAVED BY WILFRID RHODES Hedley Verity, the Yorkshire left-hander, who skittled the Australians out twice in one day in the Lord's Test match, may be the idol of England, but -tó himself he is just an ordinary fellow who works very hard at playing cricket;

This sunburned young man is helped

him most. Under

the

surely one of the most handsome guidance of the greatest of. left- cricketers who has over made re-handed bowlers Hedley worked and cords. Ila modesty is amazing. learned.

Here is his own story as he told

"In 1930, when he went to

international already. His rise to fame seems spectacular acually it has been very slow and gradual.'

it to a Sunday Chronicle corres-Yorkshire, ho was practically an pundent:

"Strange

na. It may seem, the real reason for my cricket career the tragle coal strike of 1921. "I had only just loft school and it gave me my one big chance to continue playing instead of sub- merging my cricket ambitions in a business career.

"You see, my father was natur ally very keen on my entering his coal business. But all business was at a standstill especially my father's.

"There was nothing left to do hut go down to the Rawdon Club

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"I shall never forget that sum:: Friday, July 6. mer. The strike dragged on and The lads spent most of their time on the Rawdon ground, and who could blame them? It was better than hanging round street

corners.

"By the time it was over I had definitely decided that cricket waa the game for me. But I wasn't anything like good enough yet.

"1. determined to practise until

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DESCRIPTION OF WIMBLEDON FINALS

IS TENNIS TOO FAST?

Interesting Views By "Bunny" Austin

CLAIMS GAME HAS BECOME TOO.

PHYSICALLY EXACTING

It is time that there was an alteration in the length of a first-class tennis match. The game has become too strenuous. Lawn tennis is, in fact, ceasing to be a game. It is becoming hard work, work which demanda every moment of a player's time. It is becoming more and more impossible for a man to carry on his ordinary life and career and at the same time complete in championship tennis.

We are faced by two alterna tives: either thu gawe must be or the M. W. Aver, wholly professionalised,

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"My next big chance came dur-Matthews ing the summer of 1927, when I The gol an appointment with the Lancashire League team, Aæring.

ton

-I-nm afraid. Twas not a very great success there.

"They

wanted

fireworks-I

Rain Stops Play At Bristol

couldn't supply, then. At the end Play

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consummate esse,

What is the game of lawn tennis hat it should be allowed to lay low and bring to defeat by lesser Is players its finest exponents?

Ellsworth Vinion, takes a wol come rest in the couras of a fierce tennis match, illustrating points made by H. W. Austin in the.no

companying article.

BRILLIANT GOLF

BY LEO DIEGEL IN CHAMPIONSHIP

CANADIAN OPEN TITLE

THE MAGNIFICENCE OF FRED PERRY

CRAWFORD'S GESTURE TO UMPIRE WHO FOOT-FAULTED HIM

FIGHTING TENNIS WINS DAY

London, July 7,

Porry and a few seconds later 4 all.

At two minutes to four yesterday after Crawford's service.. afternoon, an Englishman won the Eight strokes two gunes and the men's singles at Wimbledon for the championship was for Perry, The first time since 1900, when A. W. densely packed crowd bocamo, hushed Gore best M. J. G. Ritchie on the and intent on every atroka. Centre Court at the old ground in Worple-rond,

Crawford played great stuff in the ninth game and won it to draw out

We all wondered it. Fred Perry to. It was then Perry's turn to could do the trick against Jack fight and he did so finely while taking Crawford, of Australia, who held Crawford's service to square at & all, the title. Perry never louiced like and then lead 0-5 losing, writes Frank Foxon in the News-Chronicle.

Before it started he said to me: "I will take your tip and concentrate, I beliove I can just win."

After ho had won he sald:

"I am sorry that both of us could not win. I happened to win but, my hat. I was the winner against

great sportsman.TM Crawford said to me: "I was beaten by the better player what raore can I say?"

In the last game Crawford'led 40-0 on his own service and Porry, showed' at real match-winning spirit while making it 16-40, 30-40, deuce, arivan

Lage Perry.

Crawford was serving; he had to lose only one point to lose his title. Ho served. A lineman's voice. rang out: "Foot fault."

It was a terrible thing to be foot- faulted when match point was against him.

As a matter of fact, it was not a foot-fault. Lebib go at that, Craw- ford had ono service loft.

His concentration had been broken by that decision ahd his next servico went into the not, Perry had won.

PERRY CHANGES TACTIC. In the Arst set Perry was 1-3 down and then he won the set at 6-3. by

With Crawford's hand was out in a flash taking five consecutive games." that 3-1 against him Perry remember to his conqueror. Ho had lost his ed that he had got to attack; for four championship title, but he had most Ramen he had been exchanging base certainly not lost his reputation for

ne strokes with Crawford-a game being a sportsman.

that nover sulted Fred Perry.

As he passed the linesman, who had

Then he began to "live dangerous-foot-faulted him, Crawford bowed to ly" on the court and the policy paid a him.

vory full dividend.

Crawford

wax

made to look furried and hustled and Perry went on to win the set at 6-3,

In the second set Perry played the game of his life. He attacked all the motto was "L'audace, timo; his l'audace, toujours l'audacS."

In ten minutes Perry won the set at 1-0 and Crawford took only 8. points in the set, an amazing schievement on the part of Perry. I have never seen more masterly lawn tennis.

Perry

EALING'S WELCOME

Perry's Fine Tribute To Crawford

Thousands gathered outside Ealing

was supremely good in overy phase of Town Hall when a civic welcome was

given Perry after his Wimbledon vic the game.

He kept his concentration at 100tory. He was received on the steps per cent, ho never relaxed or get by the Mayor and Mayoress. careless for a moment.

We are proud of you, Perry,” Bald"

the mayor warmly shaking his hand. Perry modestly pointed out that his record was no better than that of Jack

"Ace" services began to come over from both men, and Crawford started the third set in a spirit of gallant Toronto, Aug. 2.

courage. He looked tired and weary Crawford.

"Crawford," he said, "is one of the Leo Diegel, the American, but he fought on and squared the leads the field at the end of the set at a nil after Perry had led 2-0 nicest fellows I have ever mot. He is first round of the Canadian | und 2-1.

one of the best players in the world Open Golf Championship played When Perry led 3-2 victory seemed and it is only by shear lyck that I to-day over the Lake View very near, but Crawford, undaunted, happened, to hit the lines to-day and

levelled at 3. Then it was 4-3 for he happened to hit the net. Course.

the

"GOOD ENOUGH TO brilliant

Diogel went round în G5, having an outward Journey of 34 and coming home in #gures of 31. He finished the round. five strokes below.par..

BEAT MRS:

WILLS-MOODY"

Austin in the Sunday Times, let me give the example of Ellsworth Vines, who was looked on as the greatest player in the world in 1932. What happened to him lu Doubtless there are many aged 19387 He gradually wilted under 672.5 128 $144 77.17.45

cricket the continuous strain of tennis watching their 153.5 12: 100 40 17.65 men 545.4 9GH 1187 67 17.74 matches who will be moved to that was imposed on him, until, in Davis 673.1 210 1106 GR 19.03 raucous laughter at the thought the Interzone final of the 68.4 119 1186 07 thal lawn tennis is a strenuous Cup, he collapsed in his match against Perry, and had to bo ball!" 19.31 game. "That game of pat 1037 65

court. From 137 1829 85 15.25 they will say, "Ho, ho, what is the carried from

youth of the country coming to?" that day onwards he was but a But the over-strenuous nature of shadow of his real self. The sub- Lennis does not arise from one stance had been pumped from him, single five-set match. Without and players of infinitely less doubt, a boat race or a game of ability beat him continuously with football

hockey is more strenuous. No, the over-strenuous nature of tennis arises from the fact that five-set matches have to be played not once in a while, but continuously, day after day, week, it still a game, or have we in our

London, July 9. set only for Miss Round to square at Almost, after week. it is neces mad pursuit of championships and

For the first time for 26 years the 5 all. Then Miss Jacobs played great tennis to take the next two London, Aug. 2.

two slagles titles in the Wimbledon Jawn sary for would-be champion to cups lost our sense of proportion-Reuter.. be trained, not to a pitch of and made out of what should be

It was 1-1, 2-2 and 33 in a There was no play at Bristol excellence for one single duy, but a game something in the nature players refuse to play if they have lawn tennis championships have been games for the set.

to obey their captains and cannot won by English players. Bliss Dorothy

Round on Saturday completed the tensely dramatic final set with the I met Tom Lancaster and such to-day owing to rain. The to a pitch of excellence for prae- of a task of Hercules?

belleve we have lost our sense do as they like? The noble art of doable, started by Perry on the pre-huge crowd hushed to silence. stalwarts as Sidney Baracs, who is Australians are meeting Glou- tieally every day on which he plays

beat Mian Ilelen of still taking wickets like a youngster.cestershire, and on Wednesday tennis.

proportion, that tennis players, boxing is made a laughing stock vious day, and It is the cumulative strain of along with. cricketers and boxers, in the world. Let us, before it is Jacobs at 6-2, 6-7, 6-3.

дого There has never bean Naturally, I learnt all I could from placed themselves in a com- these experts.

tennis that is the trouble. It gets have all lost their senue of propor- too late, save lawn tennis, and keep!

memorable Centre Court scene. Tho King and Queen were there to com- It would be unfair to say that Miss "Oh, yes! I've had my setbacks. manding position.

A century by W. M. Woodfutt players down. Even the Attest tion. There used to be an ex-it as a game.

Can

plete the picture and after Miss Jacobs faltered. She did not. Bot found bad won she and Perry were no player could have found an answer Round was now playing and the end sent for by their Majesties and cor-to the kind of lawn tennis which Miss was not long delayed, for Miss Round took three games in a row for, set, match and championship.

of the season we parted compan

by mutual consent, as it were.

"During

that winter I went back

to father's coal business.

"Next summer I got another

Lancashire League job, this time

with Middleton.. It was here that

Tommy Armour is running de- cond place with a score of 69.

The figures of the two leading players wore. Leo Diegel Tommy Armour ...

1 was a long, time getting into the land a neht innings by Bill Pons- and strongest crumble in the face pression "It lon't cricket." Yorkshire eleven. In 1930 I was

of cricketers are wrangling be playing for Middleton and York-ford, saw the Australians rattie of the mountain of play that is that be used to-day, when bodies

up 264 for the loss of two wickets piled on them. shire.

To show that i am not talking cause they do not know what is done. during the first day's play; A draw is now inevitable,-Reuter. through my hat, write "Bunny fitir and what is unfair, and when

"By then I was being given in- valuable help and

encouragement

from Hirst and Rhodes-two of the fincat men I have ever met. want to do them justice."

SECRET OF SUCCESS. Here Mr. Verity, sen., took up the story.

"Ten years hard labour is the secret of Hedley's success," he said. "It took him all that-and more to make him the player he la -to-day.

"Once he took four years to learn a single type of ball before daring to play it in an important match. The first time he tried it out at the nets it hit the batsman on the head."

to 11.

It la probably entirely due Verity, sen, that Verity-became a cricketer at all.

"I believe in letting people follow their bent" continued H. Verity, Hen. " saw my son's whole heart and soul were in cricket-he scom- ed to have a tainnt for it—so I just let him go

"Having

that Hedley was! to become a cricketor the next thing to see was that he succeeded. He cortainly worked.

"But even Hedley kns had his setbacks particularly between 1921 and 1925. The trouble was his batting.

"It became so good that he used to neglect his bowling.

Then just as it seemed his talent for bowling was fading out ha went to be conched with George Hirst at Harrogato. He came back inspired. In the week follow- ing he took five for 85 and five for 15.0

"But It was Wilfred Rhodes who

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NERVES 'FRAYED,

There is only one thing to be The game must be reduced Continued on Page 0.)

Three of America's outalanding track stars who jumped, sprinted and hurdled into prominence at the 13th Annual National Colleglite Athletic Association track and Gold mist at Los Angeles are here pictured in action during the competitions me the elly's Olymple Stadium. Luft to right mear Al Olson, who won the broad jump for University of Southern California with a loup of 25 fori 4·1-4 Inchasj Charlie Horne "bostal of Indiana, who defeated Glenn Cunningham to win the 680-yard ring and Glenn Hardin, Loudalene State star, who captured both the 220-yard low hurdles and the 440-yard run, in which event ha cilpped a tenth of1⁄2'savond from his own N.C.A.A record made last year,

TRIBUTE TO EPIC DISPLAY BY MISS DOROTHY ROUND

dlally congratulated.

Fit

Miss Round played as she had dune in that wonderful Grat set and won point after point from perfect Birokca.

WILD ENTHUSIASM.

That was a few minutes after a A scene of wild enthusiasm as match I have never soon point was won

grand match, indeed! Well 20 played both!. It will certainly down in the history of lawn tennis as

anything like it at Wimbledon, With a real Wimbledon "classic." It was. one common impulso all those thou very good. Very close and very sands of people sprang to their feet exciting.

and cheered for a full two minutes until the players had left the court. Miss Round, who had been calm and cool all through the match; wax. on the verge tears, and it was nice to see Helen: Jacobs-a, real "sporiaman" if ever there was one -put her arm round her queror's shoulders as they walked afft.

con-

R.A.F.3 MILES TEAM

RACES

SENIOR'S TIME

Dld Miss Round deserve to win? JUNIOR BEATS Yes--Just.. Dub a full measure of praise must go to the loser, who fought splendidly. Sovernl very bad Line decisions were given against her, but she showed no trace of resent ment and got very, near to victory.

WONDERFUL STAMINA

Two team championships, each over three miles, were the only races decided in continuation of the Royal Air Force. champion- ships at Uxbridge last month. Miss Round's driving was the Henlow easily retained their having harder and her footwork was perfect.title in the open event, In the grilling heat neither player home the first three men, but with showed the slightest suggestion of

distress, and I admired their physical Grantham absent from the junior fitness almost as much as their lawn raco Martlesham Heath won. The E time of the junior Individual tennis.

Those two girls run for miles while winner was 81 1-6ecc. better than dozens of people. wore being carried L. A/C. Deaven's open time. after collapsing with Results: (Open) Team:

Three Milca

heat stroke.

Miss Jacobs won the first game,

but she never led again until she got Henlow (holders), Opts., 1 Mon- to 2-1 in the second set. Mis stone, 18pta, 2: Halton 27pte., 8. Round lod at, 1, 4-2 and 2. First home: L/A/C, Deuven (Hen She then get two sets, dropped the low), 15min. 88 4-556c. Aratrone, and took the second to the Threo Miles (Junior) Terms accompaniment of a roar of applauso. Martlesham Heath 17pts,

- Min Round, had played lawn

tennis which would, 1 feel sure, Boscombe Down, 20pts. have beaten Mrs Helen Wils mero 28ptea. Firat Moody at her. beat.! HANA/GI BP Hennessey. Miss Jacobs led 6-3 in the second church), limit: 2 8-5.ec.

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