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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1936.

PERRY OR VINES: WHICH IS GREATER PLAYER?

Tilden Plumbs

For His Compatriot

ENGLISHMAN'S RECORD FOR PAST 3 YEARS INFINITELY BETTER

for thire survessave zeies is an le

Kreater achievement than mitely topping the world's best group of professionals, Vines Is a iennl player-extraordinary, but int the moment he is not a whit, superior to Perry. He obeys the rules of ortho- dox stroke poduction. footwork sil weight transference, where Pery follows his oven sweet way, but the effect of his shots is no greater. The point is (and it has been stressed

dozens of competent

Critic) Perry is in many respects a low unto himself. But it is a law which re- grams true in the face of technical treatises by Titden and other experts.

LONG-FACED, hunched shouldered "Big Bill" Tüden has been thoroughly enjoying himself in the role of dogmatic prognostigator since Fred Perry turned professional tennis player! a week ago. Firstly, to Hong kong newshounds, he mocked the

Perry, i suggestion that though up to Tuesday last the: acknowledged World's No. 1. amateur player, could hope to beal Ellsworth Vines, or that he could "live with Hans Nusslein." Since then he has given Manila reporters the benefit of his pro- phetic tongue, but has

gone a bit further and ranked poor old

Dramatic pictures showing Jimmy Walsh of Chester retaining his lightweight championship from Mizler. Left Walsh lands a body bi aw: centre Mizler, misses with bin:

left: right, the champion counters x load.

mud it has sent him to the top fight | anzunet! at world terms, Surely then he is gntitled to a better ranking in Tilden's hist than No. 47

Fred No. 4 in # world's list Perry Will Win which includes Gottfried Von should Cramm. Tilden, is. of be, one of the best judges of. tennis talent dive today, but one can't help feeling that he is allowing his natural delight in a hit of showmanship to obscure his better judgment.

Results Which Count

TT is a Bille unreasonable tu at-h

Tempt to

compare VIBPS and Perry of to-day in the light of their past meetings. They

played each other in 1933 when Perry was the brink of becoming Just on world's champion, and it Is HOL Insignificant to note that the English- man had the last word for be beat; Vines in the Davis Cup Inter-Zone final la Paris, the American collaps Ing when Perry held match point to 15 against service. Before this

Possibly the majority of us wout an hul things pretty nearly his

arete with Tilden that Vines,

Own way with Perry, but the Hans Nurstein, Von Cramm and even Englishnion was then in the early

stages of l

This enrere, while it is worthi bearing in mind that most of thele encounters were on courts in the Unitech

Clubhouse Chatter

By "Veritas"

Tilden himself are all better players thnu Perry

regarded in the light at orthodox technique. But in using the word "greatest" to describe the difference between Perry and the

rd, Tilden

is other threy players named. apparently basing his views on mart

Our Daily Golf Hint

Every backswing should possess a controlled and modulated speed, regardless of how hard the ball is to be struck.

Kell Greene.

King's Horse Favourite But Loses

HIGH

ARE

States.

HOPES I have no doubt til Vines as Improved enormously since

DISAPPOINTED

1933. But so has Perry, and I rather Perry's advince has been more

brand and effective breause it

has

stiffer Vizes

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JIMMY WALSH KEEPS HIS TITLE

Mizler Is Beaten At His Own Game

(By Fred Darinell)

London, Oct. 22.

Chester, Jimmy Walsh, of successfully defended his title as British light-weight champion last night, defeating Harry Miz- London, Nov. 17. ler, a former holder of the title, made in the face of much Marccini, the Arst horse to unin 15 rounds, on points.

by under His Majesty's colours, opposition than that met

dis- nes since he turned, Pro.

The match took place at the Em- When

appointed, high hopes to-day when they meet again in New York next he tenth in the two mile press Stadium, Earl's Court, where January, the match will probably be Thorneyeroft hurdle race at Wolver is new life in promising style.

the National Sporting Club started played on a covered court. On the

hampton.

Many notable figures were among face of it this should be a handicap! Marconi started at the hot odds of the 9.000 spectators, but it is a pity to Perry, but if he gets in the re- 5 to 4. but he upset all predictions in that the principal light of the even- quired amount of practice on this a field of 17. The horse was made! type of surface, I still think he will a warm

favourite on his past per- proved so one-sided, formances which included two steep-weight title by a knock-out from Kid

Walsh, who wrested the light

Berg six months age

ago. bert Mizler in 15 rounds so emphatically that the loser's only satisfactory share of the points was in drawing the first and i last rounds of the fight.

win.

thath sheer orthodoxy of technique. Tennis Exhibition The world's leading authorities on the

game may shudder at Perry's methods

of stroke

without duction, but they can't. Arrangements

ore results.

being unfair, ignore

For three-3

ap- people pe

when the

Jechase victories.

The race was won by Mr. White- law's Glenfeshil, which started at 10

to 1-Reuter.

to

WORTHY CHAMPION................. All the other 13 rounds went un- questionably In favour of the tennis champion, whose ring strategy, speed ad- and skilled boxing were well worthy. holders of the position he held.

now Perry has held TWELVE thound -years ove the his head high above rest of the

pluuded Tilden and Vines

in about the revised arrangements may pro- be of assistance. Holders of white world's best amateur players, most Manila the week of whom are as good, if not better,fessionals made two appearoners in tickets which would have admitted than Vines when he was in the same exhibitions. This should encourage them last Monday's ranks and with all due respect to Hongkong to turn out in full force will the excellent standard of professional for the players' final demonstration mission tennis. I venture to suggest that to at the Cricket Club on Friday after- of remal world's amateur champion į noon. The following information|

be able.. to secure On Friday, but red tickets originally (Continued on Page 9.)

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Mizler, who is one of the best boxers the amateur world ever sent to the professional ranks, was more than beaten at his own game,

Absence from the ring had blunted his skilt and dimmed that speed of bitting and footwork which used to be such marked fra- tures of his work.

Mizler fought with praiseworthy gameness and persistence, but it was a hopeless and pathetic display.

The straight left has always been a strong suit of Mizier's, but the swift stabbing leads of Walsh celips- ed it round after round until one grew tired of registering the points scored by the North Countryman,

As he fought and boxed last night|

Walshi may be written down most the ideal champion,

Walsh, whose judgment in this stage of the fight was superb.

Mizler was a tries to the end, but all in vain.

DISPUTE OVER LAWN BOWLS

ADMINISTRATION

Dominions Oppose Adoption

• Important

of Scottish Laws

questions of

(By E. J. Linney)

bowis

administration were discussed at the council meeting of the E.B.A. in

London Inst month, when the report PLAYING

RUGBY-

AT 63

of the International Bowling Board Was received, One was the recent decision of the I.B.B. to adopt the Scottish laws of the game. The Do- minion Associations, although mem- bers of the Board, refuse to agree to this, claiming that these laws do not apply to them, as local conditions SEAMAN ROWLES BEATEN

differ. New Zealand is pressing for un alteration In status, whereby the

A stocky man of 63 gathered the In the preliminary bouts Seaman Dominions should be Associate mem- bail, flung off a would-be tuckler, Rowles, grown rather cumbersome, burs, instead of actively participat-

swerved to beat another, sprinted was outpointed in eight rounds by log in the management. This is to

of the field, and he discussed at the January meeting threw a perfect pass to enable his side

butt the length Jack Stanner, a Widnes youngster.

Tom Martin, a coloured middle of the I.B.B. weight, of London,

to score a try in the first minute of a showed clever

a Rosslyn match between It was alleged that England in the Rugby form in beating Hoy Mills, of Sun- cnly one of the four home countries Park XV and the Old Milihillans at derland, on points.

Ernie Roderick, of Liverpool, bent. fees for open tournaments, the the other day.

obtaining and forwarding to the Headstone-lane, Hacrow, Middlesex Dave McCleave, of London,

other countries issuing licences free free, Mr. Jack Smith, stopped the elded that the I.B.B. must be pressed tained that famous points. In the sixth round the re-

Major Cobb, who first turned out of charge. It was unanimously de- for Rosslyn Park in 1995 and cap- bout and asked for more action, and

hot crescendo of punching then de- for consistent treatment. lighted the crowd.

It was stated that Australia had The fight between Larry Gains invited a British team to visit them (Canada) and Jack London (West in 1937-38, and this will be con- Hartlepool) was declared no contest sidered in 1937. Bowls will be in-! in-the-eighth-round. Mr. Mons Dey- cluded in the British Empire Games he said, "on the novice of my doctor. ong ruled the bout out after both in Sydney in 1038, men had been cautioned in the early rounds.

Footballer

Who Will Never Talk Again

Coalville (Leicestershire),

Oct. 29. al-TO-DAY, as a guest of the Abbot of the silent Cister- cian Order of monks here, 1 saw how James Paul Campbell, a Greenock solicitor and Scot-

·tish amateur footballer, will spend his life as a member of this famous brotherhood.

He went to work with splendid assurance but never deviated from u policy that combined safely with superiority. He used his no speed to splendid purpose.

His opponent, after the first round, was dazzled and puzzled by the repler-like letts that played on his face.

PILED UP POINTS

Mr. Campbell, who is the son of the late Johnny Campbell, famous During the fight Mizier's features Scottish international, this week en- bore painful evidence of the punish- tered the Abbey, which is in the heart

ment he received. He bied from the of the Charnwood Forest.

mouth and nose fiercely and his left eye in the later stages was almost

this stinging will o' the wisp.

For the rest of his life, if he

closed. He tried in vain to recap- resumes his vowa at the end of ure his boxing, prominence, against his Ave years' novitiate, Mr. Campbell will not speak, will have We saw the old fizier poised, no money, will not see the outside upstanding, and with the glove world again, writes h Sunday held in the proper copybook Kyle, Chronicle correspondent, but that was all. Walsh flashed in

a

and

out-a veritable non-stop Aghter landing no destructive

UP AT 2 A.M.

blows, but raising a tremendous his fellows on the new Abbey build- To-day I saw him working with

lead an. polnts in every round.

It is a long time since I have seen Ing.

boxer of Bizler's class so utterly aut-classed as he was by Walsh.

The U.S.A. Championships, 1936. later is it great litle worlanan, end

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progressed

where Mizler has gone bactesalon

Mizler did not attempt to use his

He was wearing the rough, brown woollen habit and heavy bowl of his Order. His head was up. shaven. and he had been alneo 2 a.m-the usual hour of rising.

Hla day was spent working, pray- ing seven times in the chapel.

right hand until the lust four or five rounds, by which time he was in such a stupendous margin of orrears that nothing short of a merciless knock-out could make him a win- straw mattress.

ner.

He retired at 7 pm, to a simple

An all his lite he may not speake

He tried in these last swiftly-pass- No one talks in the monastery; signs; Ing rounds to find a way out of it all are used.

He smashed in vengeful counters and He will never receive visitors; even

shortened his right arm in the hope of catching ħla man.

Of course, it was all obvious to

relatives are barried. No women are allowed within the monastery, save a princess of Royal blood.

An E.B.A. County Association has been formed in Norfolk, this bringing the County membership of the E.B.A. to thirty.

club for three years, tolked to a Sunday Chronicle representative, in the changing roan.

PHYSIQUE OF 25

"I have come back to the game,"

"He said I had the muscles and physique" of a boxer of 25, and I must either do something or burn!!

For seven years I have been tor- It was agreed to ask the, I.B.B. to tured with neurasthenia, and I feel Issue definite Instructions to umpires that companionship in playing regu- regarding measuring and other de- larly will he n great help to me."

talls.

For 1937, the appointments recom-

ineaded are: President, Mr. H. ont, Mr. 1. Thompson (Middlesex). Muros (Northumberland): Senior I.B.B. Delegates: Messrs. H. Muras, Vice-President, Mr. R. T. Alden W. G. Cross, E. M. Trevor, F. Hotch- (Oxfordshire); Junior Vice-Presid- Risa, J. Lang.

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