THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, AUGUST
REVOLUTIONARY TENNIS CHANGE PROPOSED
ELIMINATION OF THE
FOOT
FAULT
RE-ADJUSTMENT OF SERVICE WILL BE NECESSARY
(By “Vpritas”),,
The elimination of the foot-fault in tennis is contemplated by the proposal of the International Lawn Tennis Federation made known at the end of last week. A special committee appointed to investigate the foot fault rule has put forward a recommendation that an auxiliary line behind the ba selines be added to the court markings from which the service shall be delivered.
The proposal is almost certain him to concentrate solely on the to meet with considerable opposi stroke. .
of
tion. The adoption of the pro- posal means players will be con- fronted with the problem re-adjusting their. service, de- liveries an unpleasant prospect and one which is bound to resented.
be
But behind it all one feels the committee have gone a little too far in their recommendation. One is inclined to suggest that the ordinary font-fault (.g., one foot passing over the service line be- Agitators for an amended foot fore completion of the stroke)-is a fault rule probably never bargain-contravention of the mechanics of ed for such a sweeping change: the game; which has little or no nevertheless it cannot come with effect on the subsequent play. complete surprise, for the com mittee, when appointed, demanded and received the widest powers of reference,
thus indicating like
the lihood of a revolutionary proposal. South Africa were the prime
IMPRACTICABLE.
It is enrémoly dieult to prove that a player is given an advan tage over his opponent by deliver- ing a service a split second after
1934.
FOOTBALL ON THE WAY: CLUBS PREPARING
A Borotra-like gesturó by Fred Perry aftor he had won maich point against Crawford' in the Wimbledon singles final The Englishmen is soon leaping over, the not to shake hands with the mez he.con quered.
Petersen Parts With “
movers in this agitation for his foot has crossed the baseline. His Backers
modification of the foot-fault rule, and at the annust meeting of the Federation, Mr. A. H. Sabelli, on their behalf, presented a proposal for such a modification, substitu- ting for the existing rule 7, the following:-
The server shall, throughout the delivery of the service keep both feet behind (ie. further from the net than) the baseline.
SIMPLICITY NE¿DED.
providing he observes the other demands of the rule which requires that he shall maintain continuous contact with the ground, and shall not run or jump.
The most portant part of the foot-fault rule has always been ridiculoas in prac- tical demonstration. It has added a complexity to the gume, all too unnecessary.
Mr. Sabell said the object of the South African Lawn Tennis Union was to obtain a greater measure of simplicity in a rule which was very cumbersome and extremely difficult of administra- the stroke. tion, even by linesmen appointed especially for the
This purpose. view was supported by other de Jegates.
was finally decided that the
#B question of the Foot-Fault Rulo be submitted to a special should commitico, constituted as follows:
Monsieur
Rene
Lacoate (France), Dr. H. O. Brehons (Ger many), Mr. P. H. Stevens (Great Britain), Mr. T. B. Barker (South Africa) and a delegate to be no minated by the United States Lawn Tennis Association.
The meeting further agreed to give the committee the widest powers of reference so that they could report to the meeting in 1935 as to whether the existing Rule should be continued, or whether some alterations were desirable.
NO ALTERNATIVE.
£10,000 FROM 3-
YEARS FIGHT
Jack Petersen, the British heavy-
have parted
PUTT THE WEIGHT
RECORD.
WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENT BY AMERICAN.
Oslo, Aug. 5.
A feature of the inter- national athletic meeting here to-day was the record- breaking performance of Torrance, the well-known American athlete,
Competing in the Putt The Weight event, he won it with a putt of 57 feet 1 inch, thus shattering the official world's record by four and a half feet. Reuter.
WIMBLEDON WHO'S WHO
weight boxing champion, and the sydniente of four who have been The chief demand of a good responsible for his rise from ob service should be for the server to seruity to stardom be behind and with at least one company. foot, remain behind the service But if privately, there arc line, and for some part of his body regrets at the severance, it was to be in continuous contact with accomplished in a spirit so happy the ground until the completion of that the syndicate actually gave a luncheon to Petersen to mark the It was such a simplification of occasion. the foot-fault rule for which South They gave him a large gold cup, Africa was searching. Contraven-too-and thereby hangs a tale. tion of either of these two regula. It looked uncommonly like a cup
Splendid Booklet tions, should constitute a fault which Petersen won in a champion-f sevice, and the rule could very ship battle against Pettifer in 1933 By Dunlop's well be left at this with no damage but did not get, and in quest of to the game.
which he went to law.
Biography is always fascinating Anyway, the syndicate paid a reading, and this is especially true Tennis is hide-bound with rules, large sum for it.
of the world's leading tennis all of which, in some form or an-
The contrast which the becasion players. Which Is why "Wimble- other, are necessary. The foot presented was striking. On one don Who's Who and Teanis fault rule must be revised, but side of the table sat Peterson with Celebrities, produced by the Dun- that its revision should require a cup probably worth £300, and lop Rubber Company is assured of such a sacrifice on the part of the $10,000 in his bank book-the re a hearty welcome from followers players
seems unwarrantable.
sult less than three years fighting. of the game.
The brochure, which has G1- On the other side sat the four
rived in the Colony is a most con- plete and well compiled dossier of all the leading, and the somewhat
Possibly it is not so simple
as it appears, but players in xen-sportsmen who backed him in his Eb-a-fight days, and who declare eral might welcome an alteration that their association with Feter which requires only one foot besen has brought them not a penny lesser lights, who appear every ing behind the baseline until time
of compact. In this way the lines. Profit. men would be relieved of the oner-
year at the Wimbledon champion- The book supplies · In-
instances valuable information concerning players, who in many are merely names to the average tennis "fan", while the better He departed-a "free" man known players are fully portrayed. with only "Pa" Petersen to help him in the direction of his future,
But Petersen, modest and unships, If the cable received in Hong-ous task of judging whether a foot assuming as ever, appreciates what kong fully reveals the committee's has crossed the line before com-has been done for him and la happy proposal, it would appear that no pletion of the stroke, while the that he has justified their faith in alternative Ja to be offered the players will not be called upon to him. player. He cannot, apparontly, effect a somewhat drastic change adhere to his present method of in their aurvico deliveries.
serving and run the risk of being foot-faulted. He will have to take
up his stance behind the auxilary THE DAVIS CUP
Hine and deliver his service from
that position.
The idea, of course, goes much further than the amendment putį forward by South Africa, which merely searched for a simplifica- tion of the existing rule. Quite a different situation is created by the I.LT.F. scheme.
Hungary, Holland & Poland Win
The proposal suggests that o FINAL NATCHES thought has been given the play- ers, but that it is purely an effort
London, Aug. 5. to lighten the responsibility
of Holland, Poland and Hungary linesmen. Unfortunately the new have entered the third round of service rule must affect the mathe- the 1935 qualifying competition matics of the game. The angle, of the Davis Cup as a result of trajectory, and speed of the hall after passing over the net and to-tiny's matches, striking the service court from a service delivered 39 feet from the must be different than when not, tho delivery is made 41 feet from the net. The service must more difficult and less effective, Tloczynski overenme Lash 6-3, 6-2, more especially in regard to n player who lacks inchos.
SOME MERITS.
ba
At Tallinn, Poland made 11 clean oweop against Estonia, Tar-i lowski and Tloczymski winnlog the remaining singles. Tarlowski bent Pukk 6-3, 6-4, 6-1,
G-2,
and
the
MISS GEM HOAHING.
Wins Queen's Club Tennis Tourney Easily.
London, Aug. 4. The thirteen-year-old Chinese- giri,
Not only this, the book, divided into two parts, pays attention to national championships and Davis Cup records, and includes the rules of the game, regulations for con ducting tournaments, charts for applying odds, and is delightfully illustrated.
The book is priced at one shii- iing, and no better value for such a modest outlay could be con- ceived.
MG Hoshing, showed exception. The annual general meeting of al promisɑ. by winning the Queen's Club Tennis Championship for girls the Mamak Hockey Tournament will be held in St. Andrew's under 10 years of age,
She dropped only three games in Church Hall on Friday August at the semi-final and the final. Reuter. 6.30 p.m.
'.
Savages" At Wimbledon
CHATTERERS WHO ANNOY ·· THE TENNIS FANS
You remember the stir there| rustle, the merast whisper, will beat was when Sir Thomas Beecham disturb both their own, under- At Rottendum, Holland - Fick
Monaco by four rubbers, to one, turned in his conductor's seat at standing of what is going on and The disability may easily ba|losing only the doublés In
Covent Garden' to rebuke those the tennis "stars" in their per- overcome by the first class player. concluding singles,. Taner beat whose chattering marred the formances. Even the centre-court The average club exponent will be Landau 6-4, 0-1, 6-4, nhà Brotten- opera?
is not freo of the chatterera. severely handicapped. Is-adjust-balt beat Gallene 6-3, 4-6, 6-1, 1-6, 1, wel, there are
some agonised tennis "fans" who would be cluded a soprano-voiced blande, al 6-4.
My "Convormation Plece" in- ment of strokes in tennis is
grateful for his Intervention at waya a tedious and hazardous busincas. It can eally Norway at Budapest by the odd a visit there might aptly be Very shrilly she asked "Oh, do
Hungary just managed to boat Wimbledon. My impressions of in flowered chiffon and a wide hat mine a player's whole Miss
kame.
"Conversation Placo," you smoke Betty Nuthall's attempts to culti-malabor. Hungary lod by 2-1 when labelled vate an overhead service after the content was resumed yester writes a Daily Mail, years of underhand serving, and day, and Gabrovitz settled the
REVENGE
FOR GIANTS AND YANKEES
PITTSBURGH WIN TWICE
New York, Aug. 6. Boston Braves and Brooklyn Dodgers shared honours in a double header in major league baseball to-day, as did Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs. The Cubs, however, were blanked out in their first match by Derringer.
BIG LEAGUES KICK OFF
.
ON AUGUST 25
MANY IMPORTANT TRANSFERS NEGOTIATED
- (Special to "Telegraph”).
London, Aug. 5.
The Final Test must be played and won before the British sporting public begins to take a really serious interest in the coming soccer season, but the same is not true about players and team managers.
Most of the players reported at their clubs for duty last week and have already commenced a strenuous training, loosening up their muscles for the new season and studying patiently the suggestions of the coach. Except for one or two instances also trice a lot of watching. Jack- in the Third Division, where some won (Stoke), Johnson (Oldham). of the sides that did badly last Williams (Wednesday) are among year have practically made a clean | Jack's new blood," sweep and are preparing to fold Fixtures for the first Saturday. almost entirely new teams, extra-of the season, August 25, aro as ordinarily few changes have been follows: made in club personnel during the close season, though it is posible that one or two rush transfers may be arranged as managers are con- fronted with problema of team building in the next two or three weeks of practice games.
BIGGEST CAPTURES. Arsenal (as usual) and Aston Vilia linve made the biggest captures.
The Arsenal have paid large feos for a pair of half-backs who were the subject of a great deal of rival bidding, Crayston of Bradford and Copping of Leeds,
Aston Villa paid £11,000, the biggest fee on record, for Allen, Portsmouth's centre-half. And Portsmouth are well satisfied with the bargain. They have Salmond ready to step into Allen's shock and many of their supporters conalder him Allen's equal.,
FIRST DIVISION.
Birmingham v. Aston Villa Derby C. v. Chelsea Leeds Un, v. Middlesbrough Leicester v. Wolverhampton Liverpool v. Blackburn -- Portsmouth v. Arsenal Preston v. Grimsby Wednesday v. Stoke Sunderland v. Huddersfield Tottenham v.: Everton West Brom. v. Manchester. C.
SECOND DIVISION. Bradford v. Barnsley Brentford v. Norwich Burnley v. Southampton Bury v. Blackpool Fulham v. Plymouth Manchester U. v. Bradford G. Notts For. v. Newcastle Oldham v. Bolton --- Port Vale v. Sheffield U. The Giants took revenge for
Swansea v. Notts County an earlier defeat by the Phillies,
The eleventh game, between winning quite comfortably, while Sheffield Wednesday have ex- Hull City and West Ham is to be the Yankees also reversed the perienced two losses that may played on September 17.-... result of their Saturday's tio with prove serious. Blenkinsop, the the Athletic. Washington Sena- most poilshed left-back in England, tors and Boston, playing the only practically a fixture in the interna- double header in the American tional side, has gone to Liverpool, Lengue, finished all
and Leach, their famous entre- equare. Bridges pitched effectively for half, will be turning out for New- Detroit Tigers
out castle. Andrew Cunningham, the Chicago.
Newcastle manér, is ovidently Full scores as cabled by Renter determined that his side's stay in the Second Division will be as follow.
short as possible.
to
bank
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Boston Brooklyn
Boston
Brooklyn
R. H.
713
2
4
ገ
D
ე
(Berger hontered)
5
9
1
Cincinnati
8
0
0
4
1
(Derringer pitched)
Cincinnati Chicago
7
2
8
G 11
1
10
1
Chicago
Pittsburgh St. Louis
(Delancey and Durocher homered)
New York ... 7 13 0
(Terry and Ott homored) Philadelphia... 4 7 3 Pittsburgh
St. Louis
13 2
1
1
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Washington Boston
2 10 0 1
1
8
7 10
1
1
Washington 3 Boston
Philadelphia 1
** H*
New York 3 8 2
(Gomez pitched, Lazzeri and
Gehrig homered)
22 10
1
5 9
+
St. Louis Cleveland
(Trosky homered) Chicago
0 G (Bridges pitched) Detroit........ 7
-10 (Gehringer homered)
2
0
INTERNATIONAL BOWLS
LUTON'S - ACQUISITION, Barkas, the Bradford City back, will be seen in Manchester City's colours this season.
Preston are-strengthening their team for their new sphere and have signed on Critchley (Ever- ton) and Butterworth (Blackpool). Most of the clubs in the junior divisions who did well last season are relying very much upon the same players. The outstanding. acquisition is probably · Luton's àlgnature of Cook, Chesterfield's prolife goal-scorer.
Southend, where Davis Jack is playing the managerial role, will
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH).
Aldershot v. Crystal Pal Brighton v. Bristol R Bristol C. v. Watford Cardiff C. v. Charlton Clapton O. v. Reading Coventry v. Northampton Exeter v. Newport Gillingham v. Torquay Luton v. Southend
Swindon v. Queen's P. R. The Millwall Bournemouth match is being played on Septem- ber 10..
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH).
Accrington v. New Brighton Crewe Doncaster Darlington v. York City- Gateshead-v. Chester Halifax v. Mansfield Lincoln v. Rochdale Rotherham v. Chesterfield Stockport v. Southport Tranmere v. Carlisle Walsall v. Hartlepools Wrexham v. Barrow
SOVIETS ENTHUSIASTICALLY
ADOPT SOCCER
ENGLISH COACHES TO BE
INVITED
TO TAKE OVER POSTS
A new football regime has been launched in Russiai:!^. Hitherto Soviet soccer players have only been permitted to meet working-class teams, but the Supreme Council of Physical Education has decided to sacrifice its antipathy to bourgeoia players and teams from capitalistic countries in the expressed hope of "attracting more people into sport and of improving the quality of the game.”
"
Czechoslovakia's champion team has been invited to open Russia's international football programme.
British coaches may be invited to go to Russia to teach
can- the profetariat was busy elsewhere,
soccer.
Visitors to Soviet Union
not fall to abserve that there is a but, doubtless, their time will come. general realisation, among those in The "Supranta Council"
has great control, of thy accessity or utility plans, afoot, which will introduce all for the practice of cortain virtues forms of sports into the schools and, hitherto scornfully labelled "bour- factorles,
geois." The Kremlin has possibly In fact, the Soviet Government. considered sport altogether too much have been far too busy
may
of a gentleman's relaxation for such luxuries tip to thay to attend to those who are so very busy building sport which exists, with a watchful up a now order. But Russians are eye to the East, is purely practical. As human as everyone else; and all It is concentrated in a tremendous work and no play? doesn't appeal to number of rio clubs, which are ate England, Portugal, And them quite as much as some of their tachod to all factories. Thessere
Jenders Switzerland Win.
consider desirable. very popular, and the young worker Soma of them have been known to desires; above all things, to sacquire matches reached the Second Round shovelling at bilday in usefully badge, rud and silver, denoting his The International Shield bowl mutter that it's all very well to em- the social distinction of wearing thone, my dear? I singo yesterday when fine weather a pile of dirt in the membership to one of these clubs. The real tennia portavo mine speelally made"-this and dried greens made for bowling of new Moscow: Underground, but it The membership is very large, and or
are at a critical stage of the play.
a. High standard. Owing to the might be amusing, just once, to bowl any rest day hundreds of young men Again, this time a greying
bereavement of one of his members cricket hall er klek a football for can be econ tramping through the the consequent effect it had on her with a decision against just as much distracted by extra-
the shoor fun of it, rather than for stresta en route to a day's practice general play.
an excellent Smith, whom he beat 63, 7-5, 6-4,"heoua noises ́au, je the Wagnorian matron: "And if you could have of the Indian team, their match with the glory of the 2nd Five Year Plan. in the open
Haanos retallated for Norway, (who “at: tho
Ireland was postponed. suffers from heard her when I gave her Playing on the Craigengower green, has been taken by the revocation of Rest and Culture which embraces opera Bulfora from
Oncial cognizanco. of this attitudo example.
Every city possesson", ite: "Park off notice" The I.L.T.F. proposal, of course, beating Straub in the final match whispers programme rustling,
and seats banging, N
the Swiss rink eliminated the Philip decrees against cricket; the establish provisions for a certain amount game of foolish blunders on the As 'n rogált of these matchen seems odit Discussions on the styles worn pines from the competition by 20 shots | menttypically Soviet-of the Informal sporty: bus: the grounds fars? has its merits. It will rid the 6-2, 6-3, 6-8.-Reuter.
that spectators of by the players, the way they do 16
"Supreme Council for Physical Educa- mostly devoted to amusements of a sant of linosman: the player too Holland will now meet either. Inattention of their neighbours, their private lives, loud recogni- tivo mote, the core boing 15-10% Proletaria The latter, still under tilden on the various appurtenance
a sport should be perlerbed by the their hair, their tennis history, fell to Portugal by the dey margin Sports Ground for the Moscow roundabout, scenta railways
On the KC.C
venue Scotland tion and the erection of a Central more mechanical nature such has the relief of knowing that so Sweden or Ireland, Polland will but that in the case at Wimbledon. tian of celebrities in opposite England beat Malary rather quaily, the process of construction on the used all over the world at filmuro long as he retains contact with contest either Greece or Austria, Breathlessly they watch the stands this le come of the dia: the score of 20 to representing the outskirts of the city should be most ment centres. The proletariati enjoys the ground, there is no chance of and Hungary mests either Spain Anar points of the gamo-and turbing gossip that makes up my superiority of the winners who took impressive. When I visited it it was them in Russis quite as much as him foot-faulting. It will allow or Yugoslavia,
seem to feel that the slightest Conversation Ploco."
an early least in the gamö. beuge cocupled by: Holdiers drilling to a bands whord elad."
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