JACK CRAWFORD and Harry Hopman thrilled 5000 spectators in the final of the singles championship of Australin at Adelaide on Saturday. It was a fitting finale to wonderful weeks of tennis. It is doubtful whether cither finalist has ever played better. Right from the start the fight was on. Each put everything he had into his work, and at the end of five sets both were very weary. ...
Article : 828 wordsVICTORIA'S successes in the recent Australian yachting championships is beginning to have a rousing influence on the sport already, and the enthusiasm that was in evidence at the “Welcome Home” night to the crews of Vanessa and Toogooloowoo II. indicates a yachting boom ...
Article : 881 wordsTHOUGH rain affected the attendances at the Australian tennis championships at Adelaide on two or three days, the gate receipts amounted to £2077. The receipts at the championships in 1926 were £1000, and in 1929 £508. More than 5000 people on Saturday paid £894 ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 189 wordsWOULD it be wise to include a 15-year-old boy in the Davis Cup team? Young Vivian McGrath, the New ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 449 wordsJACK CRAWFORD has never played better than in the Australian championships at Adelaide.-That is the consensus of opinion ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 129 wordsWHO will gain the position of third playing member — Australia’s Davis Cup team is a question that is still very difficult to answer. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 87 wordsTuesday of next week the 30th annual , meeting of the Victorian Golf Association will be called upon to handle the following business:—(1) ...
Article : 412 wordsTHE outstanding feature of the Brunswick swimming carnival on Saturday was the defeat of Ken Tanner by Godfrey Vockler in the 440yds. free-style State championship. The former N.S.W. swimmer proved himself a great fighter, for he tenaciously held to the slight lead he ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 458 wordsTHE rumor that Andrew Charlton will not go to Los Angeles unless Harry Hay is in the party was stoutly refuted at Brisbane by the champion, who said: ...
Article : 132 wordsWITH practically every blade of grass on the links sitting up exhilarated after rain and perfect for play, metropolitan golfers took full ...
Article : 132 wordsAT all clubs golfers arc now settling down to practice for the beginning of the more serious events of a game that is played the calendar round, but which has ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 162 wordsSays Harada, captain of the Japanese team:— “Young Mr. McGrath is indeed a wonder player for his ...
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Advertising : 82 wordsAT Coogee on Saturday evening, with A jean Cox a non-starter In the 440 yards, Molly Mitchell had matters entirely. her own way. In the early stages she merely ...
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Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954), Wed 17 Feb 1932, Page 7
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