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July 16, 1941.

U.S.G.A: Seek To Limit Flight Of Ball

Experiments In Progress: Rule

Tennis Ace

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Women's Corps Formed

By Mme Mathieu

a game of golf, it cannot be denied that the healthy smack that sends the ball winging way down the fairway MANY FRENCHWOMEN in gives satisfaction that transcends most other joys of the Great Britain have responded to game. It is the crowning glory of the tyro, and to the the call of General De Gaulle (average golfer it not only gives confidence for the next and are now helping the cause shot but makes him feel that at last he is getting some- of Free France in many ways, where.

such as serving in Canteens and It is these, in America, who glumly regard the United Clubs and making "comforts" | States Golf Association's decision to limit the light of the ball. for the Free French Forces. It was announced recently, and will be in operation after

|January 1, 1942.

Madame Mathieu, the famous

fawn tennis champion, has gone a

step further and formed the "Corps It isn't quite clear what the Feminin" with a hundred young intentions are, but there should

Frenchwomen on the Britain's Auxiliary Territoral U.S.G.A. announce their ruling.

for it might possibly (and prob

lines of be so undue. gloom until the Miss Chamley

Service,

Some

Most of these girls are either the ably) be that the Association wives, sisters, or daughters of only intend to prevent any fur Frenchmen serving with the Free ther experiments in ball manu- French Forces, but In they are the English wives of French-facture that tend to add length menor the French wives of English-to one's drives.

There is little doubt that the pre- cause of Free France,

A. E. Atkins bowling in the Kowloon B.G.C. “A” v. "B" League match on Saturday. G. W. Deacon wiping his wood ready to bowl, while behind are W. L. Walker and H. J. Bick-men who are anxious to support the

nell.-Ming Yuen.

Lou Ambers Follows Armstrong Into Retirement

NEW YORK, (Reuter),—Lou Ambers, popularly known in his heyday as the "Herkimer Hurricane," a former holder

Madame Mathieu attended an Auxillary Territorial Service officers' training course last year with some of her lieutenants, so as to familiarize herself with the organisation of the A.TS. Judging by the smart appear ance of all ranks in the "Corps Feminin" they have become as ell cient a body as their British staters- in-arms.

Duties

of the world lightweight championship, has followed "Hurri-TR principal work in London is cane Hank" Armstrong into retirement.

Beaten for the second time by

Lew Jenkins, the "skinny kid

from Texas with sage brush for Major Baseball

hair and rocks in his hands," us

one American sports writer de-

scribed him, Ambers has gone

Chicago Cubs

to provide the Headquarters of General De Gaulle with secretaries, typists, and clerks of all kinds, in- cluding teleptionists and messengers. thus releasing Frenchmen to light for Free France in the active then- tres of war. They also drive mill- tary cars for General De Gaulle and; his staff. The drivers loolt smart in their khaki uniform, similar to that of the A.T.S. except for the word

back to his laundry shop In Her Twice Beaten "FRANCE" on their shoulders,

kimer (New York), and from

now

00

will concentrate on bringing up his young son, Anthony, to follow, in his foot- steps as a boxer.

Like Armstrong, Ambers went out of boxing In 'n blaze of glory. Try- ing to come back an welterweight, he found the deadly bunches of Jen- king too much for him after putting up a thrilling show for six rounds, but he was still gamely trying to carry on when referee Arthur Dono- van, heeding the frantie eries of Am bers' manager, Al Weill, to "stop it," mercifully stepped in and ended _things_

True Sportsman AMBERS accepted his defeat and his exli from boxing as sport-

THEY'RE BAD

BUT GOOD!

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to round up

a racket ring!

DEAD END KIDS LITTLE TOUGH GUYS

You're Not So Tough

HAN GREY Billy Halep Huste Hali - Gabriel Del Barnard Psusły‹- Bobby Jordan - Hasry Armatio Resina Galli

TO-MORROW

AT THE

KING'S

By Dodgers

NEW YORK, July 15 (UP) Chicago Cubs suffered defeat In

both games of a win-bill against Brooklyn Dodgers in the National League to-day. In the American efrcuit, New York Yankees nosedi out Chicago White Sox 5-4,. and Detroit Tigers beat Philadelphia Athletles 3-2. Scores were!

Chicago

NATIONAL LEAGUE

RILE.

0 44

1

Battery: French, Mooty, Schefning. Brooklyn

Battery: Davis, Owen.

0

Chicago

T

1 12 11

Battery: Presonell, Mooly, McCullough

Brooklyn

buttery: Hamlin, Franks..

AMERICAN LEAGUE

New York

5

Battery: Smith, Treab,

Battery: Peck, Branch. Rosor. Chicago

10

0

12 2

Philadelphia

2 7 1

J T I

battery: Harris, Wagner. Detroit

battery: Newsom, Sullivan.

ingly as he has fought all s fights.

Ambers is well off, financially, a happily married and still retains clear senses. He can look forward to many years of happiness.

|

Other members of the Corps drive motor-lorries and ambulances, while some pre nursing in any hospital and convalescent home where there are French casualties.

There have been more volun- teers to join the Corps than it was at first possible to accept. Now, however, Madame Mathieu is to double the strength to 200. From the number of suitable recruits walling to be enrolled there will be no dimeulty in doing this,

sent make of ball is satisfactory all round, but there is no limit to man's unrestrained ingenuity. America is the land of experiment, and who knews but that the cry of the duffer will not be heeded and specially resilient balls made to suit his pur- pose,

And what devastation they would cause to courses in the hands of the professionals!

It is, in fact, for the benefit of courses that the U.S.G.A, made, the announcement, for in the application four objectives will be achieved. of the new ruling they hope that These are:

the

To Control Club Cricket

Elected Conference

Secretary

LONDON, July 3 (Reuter), Thousands of Club cricketers are content to have their game con- trolled by

woman. It may appear to be a strange thing, but not one voice will be raised against the move which has placed Miss Joan Chumler, stil in her early twenties, in control of London clab cricket by her anpointment as Secretary to the Club Cricket Con- ference.

But to start at the beginning, Miss (1) that Clubs will be spared Chamley joined the Conference the expense of making alterations about seven years ago when the reins to their courses to accommodate were in the capable hands of Mr the long hitters-which appear to E. A. C. Thomson and, as his assis- be growing in number;

tant, Miss Chamley became familiar with the manifold activities of the (2) that

shorter course Conference. would mean less distance to walk, Her duties increased with the fall- shorter time to play, and, in gen- ing health of Mr Thomson and Miss eral, make for the greater enjoy-Chamley was able to carry on tem- ment of golf;

porarily at a time when preparations (3) that through uniformity of Were in full swing for the birth of golf manufactures there would be been appointed to her present post- another season. Since then she has a greater emphasis on skill;

and (4) that through control of limits of hitting, courses would be- come more standardised.

FIRST of the protests has been a

lengthy one in one of the Ameri- can newspapers, but I am of the opinion that the writer was looking on the gloomy side of things."

He wrote on behalf of the average golfer and complained that there was no-reason-why-this-poor-crea« ture, who is greatly in the majority

Perry Blames should suffer restrictions because of

Pros For Open

Tournament Controversy

the long-hitting pro, who is greatly in the minority.

Ile argues that it is not because! the pro shoots in the sixties and

low seventies that the ball should;

tion.

Lasting Memorial

MR. Thomson came to the aid of

Club cricket just after the start of the last war for it was in 1915, ganised, and not knowing what to with Club cricket entirely disor- do, that he founded the C.C.C. as it has become known..

Thirty-five clubs entered the scheine and once that war was over

the organisation developed Into the greatest cricket association in the world.

Men Size Job

TOW Miss Chomley carries on the work that Mr E. A. C. good

be made shorter. It is when the Thomson began. It will not be an average golfer gets down to those easy task but cricketers are confident levels that is the time for restric- that she will

not fail. tions to be made. From his text it seems that he leave their destinies in her hands. About 300 Clubs are prepared to expects that the present ball with She will be called on to settle ony LEXINGTON, Va., May the average 250-yard drive to be cut points which demand immediate at (AP) —Fred J. Perry, for- this is jumping to a conclusion. The bureau; assist in the appointment of

down to of 180 or

one

200-yards,

but mer British Davis Cup star Association's standardising of the umpires week-by-week.

tention: she will conduct the fixture and lately a standout among ball may (and probably will be in Conference's handbook and generally the tennis professionals, its present condition. It is probably be the guiding light of Club cricket. blames the money players aimed, as have said, at preventing for the controversy overcoming one of 300-yards or more.

the average 250-yards ball from be open tournaments.

Having just digested his first TOGETHER with this rule will Ambers, at 20, has given up his Washington and Lee University. It is easy to imagine the reason be another restricting the taste of collegiate coaching at scoring on the faces of clubs. ring career at an age when most boxers are reaching their peak. Perry, fired a shot into the for this. With deep grooves Born of Italian parents, his real game's longtime argument be with sharp or rough edges it is name was Louis D'Ambrosio, and he fore leaving for the National far easier to impart spin or cut

pro tournament at Chicago. to the ball,

was one of ten children.

A born Bghter with a style like Harry Greb or Tony Canzoneri, from whom he first won the world light-} weight title in 1937, Ambers also' possessed speed, stamina and good generalship.

B

Proud Record DOXING is proud of Ambers, Not only because of his tremendous courage, glittering ring record and honesty as a boxer, but also because, In Lou Ambers, boxing can point to an excellent example of the eleva- ting influence which the sport exer- cises,

He won the world title from Armstrong in 1939, and held it until losing to Lew Jenkins in May, 1940.

"I

Manager's Tribute

HAVE managed many fighters

"Contrary to popular notion," I understand or have read some Perry said, "the reason they don't where that the rule at Home forbids have open tournaments in tennis lines of more than one-sixteenth of on the same basis as golf, restsjen inch in depth. with the professionals, not the amateurs."

"If the professionals would go to: the amateur association to-morrow and ask them to take charge of open tournaments Instead of trying to force the hand of the amateur body, then I feet sure the idea would become a reality."

The Golfer's Handbook says: Club faces shall not have any de- gree of concavity, nor more than one angle of loft, nor any lines, dots or other markings with sharp or rough edges, made for the ob- vious purpose of putting cut оп the ball. Insets on the faces of Iron clubs are not allowed.

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the

Not an easy task at the best of times, but doubly difficult in a war season, and she will also attend committee meetings and play a

part in choosing Conference teams for representative matches.

Combined Chinese Aquatic Team Selected

FINAL

SELECTIONS for the Combined Chinese swimshing team to meet the combined European Y.MLC.A.-V.R.C. team. on July 20 at the V.R.C. pool in aid of the Bomber Fund and the British Fund for the Relief of Distress in China have been made. These are:

Pros Not Qualified

MECHANICAL caddie has been Naul Hang, Wong Chi-hung, Wong

Men's 100 yards free-style relay Invented in America to meet Blutun, Ng Chun-man and Shick Kam CPEAKING frankly in view of with the shortage of human caddles pul. Reserves, Wong Bau-san, Teang

his own pro status, Perry con- brought about by the greater number Cheung-ming, Lo Yuk-wing. tinued, "the professional, want to of better jobs in war industries or

400 yard mixed

free-style relay run the show when they aren't ne by the calls of military service. Misses Sa Wal-ying. Ng Poshing, lo qualified for the driver's seat as

appearance ft is an ordinary lang. Wong Chi-hung. Wong Blu-hun.

king. Ko Mia-ling; men. Ng Nin, Tel the amateur body. After all, the luggage trolley, seen in any railway Reserves, Mimes Tone Tung-kwall, Lo amateur association has been sue station, only it is rolled on air-tyros Tak-ching: Ng Chun-man, Stick Kam-put, cessfully conducting tennis tourna wheels and is very easy to push ments for several decades, estab-nund. The clubs aro strapped on. lishing contacts all over the coun-

manage many more, but I've never] had and never will have another like L Ambers," said manager Al Welli. "He's done everything | asked of him, and as far as I am concerned he is the greatest light- weight in the world," Perhaps

Weill will manage one day young Anthony Ambers and pilot Amateurs and pros have been torn | him up the fistle ladder to a world's in a standstill strife for years over championship. He has had his fair the amateur ruling body's ban share of champions, and managed against its members participating in Arturo Godoy, heavyweight cham- open meets and Perry suggested that plon of South America, and Abey the issue could be solved by Allow- Archibald, who formerly held the ink the amateurs to remain in ean- world's featherweight championship, trol, take all the gate, while guaran-

In

Mén's 150 yards* modley relay--Pun Wing-kal. Ng Nin, Taul Hang. Reserves, Lau h-Ung, Wong Bauman Fung Wal- choung, Wong Chi-hung

Men's 100 yards_Cee-style-Wong Blu-

Fook-ki..

Women's 300 yards: fron-Kiyle relay.

try with people interested in the future of the games, and are there-teeing the prize money for the profum, Taul Hang. Reserves; Lal Tal-ping. fore in'n better position operato "The publie would get better the open tourneys,”.

tennis, the amateur body would minintain control of the game, the Wal-ying. Ne Po-hing. He Wal- amateur players would improve king, Ko Mig-iing, Trang Fung-kwan. Lo their game by playing against the Tak-ching. Reserves, Mases Chang Ol best pros, the professionals would in, Bum Put,, get nation-wide publicity which some of the really fine teaching professionals now lack, and above all. 4t would 'clean up the game in certain case).”

Women's 150 yards medley rutky, Missos Sa Wal-ying, Le Pa-luers, to Wal- a Reserves. Trang Fung-kwan, Ho Woman, Ko Mit-lingu

Diving Exhibition.Wong King-woon, Koo Ka-kul. Reserves, Lam Ka-tung.

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