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THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH, MONDAY,

AUGUST

*1988.

Why Leave it

GOLFERS

OVER 40

only to Austin? VERSUS

SOMETHING serious is wrong |

with British lawn tennis, Stanley N. Doust

H. W. Austin, who got through to the men's final at Wimbledon only to be heavily defeated yesterday by Donald Budge, is the one Englishman to show up at all well in the singles.

Asks

Our

What, then, is the trouble? mettons are entirely wrong. As it

wn

teonly nation

we are

over-

Juntor

"o my way of thinking it coached. appalling that, out of 2,000,000 When a promising young people playing lawn tennis in packs | player has done well in some major and open spaces and 250,000 players | 100

tournament (very aeldom are the results of minor tournaments takers Into nccount) what do aur tennis eficiais do? Why, they send the boy or girl to be conched. This is rkilculous.

"Bunny" Austin

Too much is expected of him.

who belong to clubs affilialed to the Lawn Tennis Association, we cannot Bnd even one promising candidate to take Austin's place.

to

COACHING ILLS

UNDER 40

Enjoyable Match

Over Week-End

A match between teams of golfers over 40 and under 40 was played at Fanling yesterday afternoon. Four- ball foursomes were played under

handicap, and the results were:

D.J. Gilmore and K. S. Morrison v. J. B. H. Leckie and R. G. Gray all square,

1. H. Geare and J. W. Shewan lost to G. C. Worrall and D. Humphreys.

A. E. Lissaman and R. Hancock jost to O. E. C, Morton and L. M. S. Lloyd,

R. A. Cumidge and E. Davidson Just to T. A. Pearce and 11. H. Stundy, R. K. Valentine and T. E. Price 0. Treverton Janel Capt.

As long as the nuthorities that that caching is a cure for our Inwo lost tennis Ills, we shall continue is ve-Haworth, main in the background.

1. Snuth and A. Morse beat 1

Overconeising has zitine! many. Suones end Capt. Holmes. pruralsing players, TC inks |

G. S. Archdult and Col. Matthews

naturally good performers consciAIN lost to . Lloyd and J. A. D. Morrison. of how they make their shots. And A. D. Humphreys and Col. Collin v. As soon as n player feels that his I., Goldman and A. E. Perry all footwork is wrong or that he is not

not square. holding his racket as the concl

Int told him to, then his game suffere.

If I had a son who showed pro- mise at lawn tennis I would not

him to a Rend

professional to be temer ranched unless I had a written guarantee that his own style 01724 manner of holding the market would not be altered,

After all, which is the corseel wax to hold racket? Every champion has his own ideas on this subject. Norman Brooken, W. T. Tilden, H.

R. E. Lindsell and 1. Newton lost to A. C. I. Bowker and P. B. Hayens. II. E. The Governor and S. H. Dodwell beat S. J. 1 Fax and A Sommerfelt.

CAPTAIN'S CUP In the Captain's Cup August quali- August 6 and 7, W JE Mackenzie. Tying compeltion

Fenting 9719 78, palified. There were 18 entries.

W. Austin, Donald Budge, and F. Jon account of insufficient entries

The Optional Pool was canered Perry at differ from each other in alyle, but who would dare to say which is right?

Yet

many

roaches will not rentisething "wrong"" according to the book, this Instead, they by to tmpose on

yet she was the world's best player. all their pupils the style that suits

Now, please do not think i would themselves,

do away with professionals contrary think what would

I tremble to have

tave happened to Suzanne Lenglen had she been sent to some of th couches, as she trull have bren had atre been English.

This young Englishman, who i 32. cannot be expected HOW

burden shoulder

of keeping Etrila's amne at the head of the lewa tena312

world For many more? She broke all the set anks of He has done his duty nobly. stroke production She did every-

years

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On the Heat would not let Ben Their great value is in bring able to give a player hard præeltee with some particular shot in which he is weak

Now, how are

To set about finding ]

Talent" Is the Bisi place.

a thorough seatch of all the Publie par cours as well as the chule mest male And that is towe but Jobs to be undertakra by the feals at hensliguarters.

SCHOOL FOR TACTICS

i would decentralize search partus. Let the Contaty Lown Tennis As- areatinns be responsible for ing the new and promising players in their own territories.

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The Lawn Tennis Association at- self, of course, should provide the

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of discovering this tient would run inter-county con- petitions at frequent Intervals junior players I would even have

www leagues for them.

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Let the L.T.A. pay the expenst of these young people to play in tournament here and a county mateb there. This would give them con- ndence and a chance to meet better players,

I would employ professtenuis to them the necessary practice

Hainy were nd engaged in cem-

petitions.

Then I would set in a school for Strategy ant play a most important part

in fawn tennis,

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what day the with promising young players in the United States, particularly

California and the Middle West.

To

begin

With, Learnin couraged vigorously at the schol. Boys and girls wher show aptitude

for the game, even at the early ag of 12, are watched carefully, and if good enough are selected for the inter-school matches.

Thus they begin to acquire the match tempera-

INTER-STATE MATCHES

is

In the big schools there are lawn tennis glasses. A professional paket to give advice and to play against the children to strengthen their wenk shots. Court craft Is taught.

*+

Warner Oland, probably better known as "Charlie Chan,' Derr Bigger's Chinese detective hero, is dead. He died in his native lund, Sweden, after a nervous breakdown early this year, following marital troubles.

Bobby Riggs Retains His Seabright Title

Senbright, NJ. July 30,

Lans

In the

OUR GUIDE

TO THE CINEMAS

**Escapado"

(King's Theatre,

Bobby Riggs, of Atlanta, defend- ing champion In the Senbright to-day).—All the gulety and charm Tennis Clampionships, casily re-of pre-war Vienna reproduced on the tained his tile to-day by defeating talking serven in a delightful picture. Elwood Cooke of

Angeles The success of the film owes much to straight pela, 0-1, 6-3, 6-1, sume tourney, Sorah Palfrey Fabyan Luise Rainer, who has that quality and Alec Marble won the women's of enriching every reene in which doubles tfile by

H conquering Mlies.

appears. William Powell, of Andrus and Heurotin of France by course, is debonair, but Frank Mor- 3-0, 0-0, 6-0. United PreRN,

But has 4 more serious cole than usual. Others in the cast are Vir- ginia Bruce, Mudy Christians and

MAX BAER'S MOTHER Reginald Owen.

PASSES AWAY

Oakland, Cal. Aug. 7.

"The Rage of Paris" (Queen's and Alhambra Theatres, to-day).- Danielle Darrieux, In her Arst The death is announced of Mrs. American-made picture, sparkles Dura Baer, mother of Mux Baer,ly and proves the further versati- former heavy weight boxing cham-ty of her talents. The film itself nion of the world. Mrs. Baer, who

is an inconsequential comedy rom- was 60 years of age. was suffering from liver allment.-United Press, since, but gives the director, Henry

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The following is Swan. & Fritz' report un market:

Prices were practically changed in a quiet sessie,

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sands of them Relent players, farther in the game.

aro keen and pro- udvance eager Lo

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Koster, ful scope to exploit Me. Darrieux's personality. The story is not original, but has been made en- tertaining by the gul work of Douglas Fairbanka, Jr., whe saves his friends from the Parisienne's clutches only to marry her himself, Mischa Auer, Helen Broderick, Louis Hayward and Hurry Davenport.

"Happy Landing" (Oriental Thea- tre, to-day-As apart from reali- ties as Sonja Henie's birdlike glides are apart from this mundane sphere ia her intest gay comedy. She ap

pears as a Norwegian gil who fails

sarwegian k*** in love with on leresponsible Amerl- enn bandleader. She follows him to Amerlea, learns that she has been Culbertson deceived and, with Don Ameche's moming's stern help, becomes a skating star.

Between her

marvellous skating an-numbers, there is a great deal of good comedy, much of which is

Stip- plied by Cesar Romero In surprise performance as the glib bandmuster.

"Teid!"

(Majestic Theatre, day). Shirley Temple fans, iy those who

especiai- her as potential- regard am certain that California could 19 a dramatic actress, will probably select a team of a hundred first- find this her best picture. Adupled Johanna Spyri's childhood Class players beat a hundred players of like age story, it tells how Heldi softens selected from all over the world.

lonely grandfather, encourages And if California cun do this, why little invalid girl to walk, saves the cannot we? It would pay our Lawn

girl's wealthy father from the Tennis Association, intleed, to send marital machinations

under 20 who would

from

to-

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of a house-

a representative out there to study keeper, and is herself barely saved the details of how the game is from being sold to the gypsies. The As the players grow. wider organised so

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that we might follow tears flow coplously at times, but scope of competitions Is

their example in this country.

there are also open to

many moments of them. School teams travel to other Unless we do make

Hersholt, some bold comedy. Jean

Arthur States and inter-State matches are move of this sort we shall continue; Treacher, Helen Westley, Pauline hell.

to suc All-American Anals at Wim-Moore, Thomas Beck, Sidney Black- bledon. And, after all, it is

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