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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1988.

GOLFERS OVER 40

only to Austin? VERSUS

SOMETHING serions is wrong

with British lawn tennis.

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 *singica.

Stanley N. Doust

Asks

What, then, is the trouble?

Our

methods are entirely wrong. lawn tennis nation we are over- cunched.

ure the

UNDER 40

Enjoyable Match Over Week-End

A match between leams of golfers over 40 and under 40 was played t Fanling yesterday afternoon. Four- ball foursomes were played under handicap, and the results were:

D.J. Gilmore and K. S.

v. J. II. II. Locke and E. Morris Vi

To my way of thinking it Is appalling that, out of 2,000,000 When a promising young Junior people playing lawn tennis in parks player has done well in some major and open spaces and 250,000 players tournament (very seldom

results of minor tournaments taiten H. Geare and I. W. Shewan lost into account) what

do our tennta10 G. C. Worrall and D. Humphreys, officials do? Why, they send the

A. E. Lissanan and R. Huncuck boy or girl to be conched. This in

lost to O. E, C, Marton and L. M. S. rkliculous,

Lloyd.

"Bunny" Austin

Too much is expected of being

who belong to club aliland to th Lawn Tennis Association, we cannot find even me promising candidate to take Austin's place.

This young Faghishuman, who a new 32, carmol

extrak

COACHING ILLS

R. A. Camidge and E. Davidson lost to T. A. Pearce and H. H. Mundy.

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As long as the authoritica thtaki R. K. Valentine and T. E. Pentec that coneling is a cure for our lawn | Just fennis Ils, we shall continue to re maths in the background.

Overconching has ruined Inony

promising players. It maltes the naturally good performers conscious of how they make their shots. Am! as soon as player feels that his footwork is wrong or that he is not holling his racket as the coach heat! fold him to, then his game antlers,

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If hnd a son who showed pro- misent lawn tennia i would not send hien to A professional to be conched unless I hindi 11 writter: guarantee that his own style manner of holding the racket would not be altered.

After all, which is the correct way a racket? Every champion to hold a hus his

his own ideas on this subject Norman Brookes, W. T. Taden, I W. Austin, Donald Budge, and F. Pevy all differ from each other in style, but who would dare which is right?

403

Heworth

N. . Smith and A. Morse beat 1. It. Stumes and Capt. Holines,

G. S. Archbutt and Col. Matthews lost to D. Lloyd and J. A. D. Morrison

A. D. Humphreys and Col. Collin v. L. Goldman and A. E. Perry all

Sajara

1. Lindsell and Newton lost to A, C 1. Bowker and P. B. Ravens H.. The Governor and 5. 11. Dodwell brat S J. H. Fox and A Sommerfelt.

CAPTAIN'S CUP

In the Captain's Cup Augtist quali fying compettion LE Fanling On August 6 and 7, W. 4. E. Mackenzie, 971878, qualined herr were t

enteles.

The Optional Pool was cancellor[ ion areount of insufficient entries

Yet many coaches will not realise thing "wrong" nevording to the bank,

yet she was the world's best player. Thatent, they try to hapon on all these pupils the style that als

Now, please do not think I would themselves

do away with professionals. On the 1 tremble to think

But I would not let thema what would contrary.

Their great valas is in being have tuppened in Suzanne Langtrncoach.

able to give player hard pretive for had she been sent to some of o shoulder this Barden 11 keeping coaches, is ahe watief have been with some particular shot ati walel Britain's tre at the wad of the bad she been English,

he is weak.

Now, how lawn tennis world for many

We to yet about Brding new Ludent? In thes first plave, n thorough search of all the public park courts as well as the eluba must be made. And that i too big job to be undertaken by the officuls at headquarters.

yours.

of She did every

rulea She broke all the set He has done hus duty nobly stroke production

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I would derentralise search parties. Let the County Lawn Tennis salons be responsible for Mutting the new act promising players in their own territories,

The Lawn Tennis Association it- self, of course, should provide money.

who

An 4 mouns of discovering this talent I would run inter-county com- petitions at frequent intervals ますま junior players. I would even have leagues for them.

Let the LTA. pay the expenses. of these young people to play m tournament here and a county nale therm This would give them - adence and a chance to meet better players.

would employ professionals to give them the necessary pracfive when they were not engaged in can petitions,

Then wont set up a sebond for teaching court eraft

Strategy and tarties

play a must important part

in lawn tems.

Lesk what they do with promising your p

playera m the United States, particularly ana Californi und してい Middle West.

for

To begin with. tenis

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

Eng

Bobby Riggs Retains His

Seabright Title

Soubright, NJ. July 30 Bobby Rigs of Atlanta, defendt-

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champion ira the Seabright|lo-day).—All the galety and charm Tennis Championships, easily re-of pre-war Vienna reproduced on the fained his title to-day by defeating: talking serven in a delightful picture, Elwood Cooke of Lus Angeles in The success of the flim owes much to straight sets, 0-1, 6-3, 0-1.

In the

Se tourney. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan Lise Rater, who has Get quidity and Alice Marble won the women's of enriching every scene in which doubles title by conquering Miles; she

APIJOURS. Willem

ot Powell, Andrus and Henrulla of France by

course, is debonair, but Frank Mor- 3-0, 6-0, 0-0 United Press.

150 has 21 trione serious role than usual. Others in the cast are Vir- ginia Bruce. Mady Christians

MAX BAER'S MOTHER Reginald Owen.

BASSES AWAY

Oakland, Cal., Aug. 7.

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nee, but gives the director, Henry Koster, full scope to exploit Mile. Darrieux's personality, The story a not original. but has been made en- tertaining by the good work of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., who saves |

his friends from the Parisienne's clutches only to marry her himself, Mischa Auer, Helen Broderick, Louis Hayward and Harry Davenport.

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"Happy Landing" (Oriental Thea- tre. to-day)-As apart from evali - |ties as Sonja Henie's birdlike glides are apart from this mandane sphere Is her latest gay comedy,

She p- penes as a Norwegian girl who fails in love with an irresponsible Ameri- enn baudlender. She follows him to Amerion, learns that she has been

The following is Swan, Culbertson deceived and, with Don Ameene's & Fritz' report on Lits morning's stern

market:

Pekes Were practically wh-

sanda ul them

vigorously at the school changed in a quiet session, and girls who show aptitudie the game, even at the early age of 12, are watched carefully, and it good enough are selected for the inter-school malchen. Thus they begin to nequite the match tempern- ment.

keen and pro- ficient players, enger LG advance farther in the game.

B, becomes a skating star.

her

imrvellous skating numbers, there is a great deal of good comedy, much of

which plied by Cesar Romero in a surprise performance as the glib bartimaster. "Hetdi" (Majestle Theatre, to- day) Shirley Temple fans,

especial- y those who regard her as potential- ly a a dramatic actress, will probably I am certain that California could

first this her hundred first- selert a team of a

Adapted her best picture. Johanna

childhood Spyri's class players under 20 who would from beat U hundred players of like age story, it tells how Heidl softens

Jonely In the big schools Here are lawn selected from all over the world. terink

chusses. A professional is paid to give advice and to play against the children to strengthen their wenk ShoLs. Court craft (ught.

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And if California

can do this, why cannot we? It would pay our Lawn firs Tenak

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encourages girl to walk, saves the

falber wealthy

from the ennis Association, indeed, to send marital machinations

of a house-

The

a representative out there to study keeper, and is herself barely saved the details of how the game is from being sold to

tears now wider

at Limes. but copiously Hypsies. organised so that we might follow tears

there are also

of many moments their example in this country, open to them. School teams travel to other Unless we do make somU bold comedy. Jean Hersholt, Arthur States and inter-Sinte matches are

Treacher, Helen Westley, Pauline held.

As a result, when the boys and girls are ready to leave school thou-

move of this sort we shall continue to see All-American #inais at Wim-Moore, Thomas Beck, Sidney Black- bledon. And, after all, is

mer and Mady Christians are in the cast. tournament—or is ¡L?

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