A LANDSLIDE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 242, 13 October 1933, Page 7

A LANDSLIDE.

TENNIS AMATEURS.

Four Prominent Britishers to

Join Tilden. INTERNATIONAL "PRO" GAMES. United P.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Hcceived 10 a.m.) LONDON, October 12. Writing in the "Daily Mail," Stanley Doust, a former Australian crack tennis player, foresees a laudslide of tennis amateurs to professionalism, with possibly an early open in addition to an amateur championship. As a result of the progress of W. T. Tilden's schemes four prominent Britishers declare unhesitatingly that they will join Tilden in international matches 011 similar lines to the Davis Cup.

Although professional coaching has always been 111 vogue, it was not until 1920 that the first 0:g professional movement was launched. Suzanne Lcngien (six times Wimbledon champion), MaryBrowne (three tunes U.S.A.. champion, and Wimbledon doubles champion the year she turned), and Vincent Richards (U.S.A. doubles champion 1918-21-22-2-3-20) played a scries of professional matches under an American promoter. Richards -was then only 23 years o£ age. William T. Tilden followed in 1030, at the age of 37, being joined by Francis T. Hunter, who was ranked No. 2 to Tilden in U.S.A. in 1927-28-29.

The best known professional player on the Continent prior to this season was Karel Kozeluh, of Prague, who toured Europe witli Richards in 1928, and with Tilden in 1931. lie beat Tilden in the U.S.A. professional championship in 1932. Hans Nusslein, Germany, came into prominence in 1931 in matches against Tilden. Martin Plaa is a famous French professional, and now the greatest of all Frenchmen, Henri Cochet, has "gone over," at the age of 32. H. E. Vines, Wimbledon champion in 1931, and U.S.A. champion 1931 and 1932, is the latest recruit to professional ranks, and it now appears probable that he will be followed by other Americans, as well as British players, in addtiion to the four referred to by Doust.

Champions of other countries to turn professional were C. L. Winslow, South Africa, J. O. Anderson, Australia, and Geoffrey Ollivier, seven times New Zealand title holder, but these became professionals primarily for the purpose of coaching.

LARWOOD ASSAILED. Bitter Australian Criticism of Express Bowler. WOODFULL MADE A SELECTOR. SYDNEY, October 12. Newspapers in the various States of Australia have returned to the bodyline controversy, and published bitter criticism of Harold Larwood, whose comments are the subject of editorial articles and of condemnation by certain members of the Board of Control, officials of the inter-State Cricket Associations, and former international players. Although there is some insistence upon a guarantee from the Marylebone Club that there will be no bodyline bowling next year, it is regarded as unlikely that the Board of Control will intervene to disturb the arrangements for the forthcoming tour. The secretary of the board says it will not meet again until February 1, when the Australian team will be selected. The popular impression is that the M.C.C. will discourage the form of bowling to which Australia objects, in spite of Larwood. The Test captain, W. M. Woodfull (Victoria), has accepted an invitation to act as one of the Australian selectors, the other two being Dr. C. E. Dolling (South Australia) and Mr. E. A. Dwyer (New South Wales).

SOLD BODY AND SOUL. HAROLD HAS MORE TO SAY. (Received 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, October 12. Harold Larwood, amplifying his refusal to play against Australia if ordered not to bowl bodyline, declares: "If you start penalising tlie bowler it is time cricket is finished. They would not penalise Bradman for scoring 300, so why should they penalise a bowler for dismissing him? It looks as though I have been sold body and soul in order to preserve the Tests. I cannot sec Jardine accepting dictation how to sot his field and employ his bowlers." RIFLE SHOOTING. SECOND STAGE OF 'THE KING'S.' (Received 1 p.m.) SYDNEY, this day. At the national rifle shooting meeting yesterday the second stage of the King's Prize consisted of the Philip Charley match, 10 shots at GOOyds, which was won by H. Pinkerton, of Goulburn, with 15 consecutive bull's-eyes, and the Moree match, 10 shots at TOOyds, which was won by H. Brunski.ll, of Wagga, with 14 consecutive bull's-eyes. The Mick Simmons aggregate arising from these matches was won by A. Mason, of Concord, with 98. Two marksmen from the Goulburn district, J. Feltham and T. Matthews, with identical totals of 100, now lead in the second stage of the King's Prize. .