TENNIS

Greymouth Evening Star, 10 March 1933, Page 11

TENNIS

AUSTIN IN FORM.

[by CABLE —PBESS ASSN. —COPYBIGHT.] (Recd. March 10, 8 a.m.) LONDON, March 9. At Monte Carlo in the final for the Prince of Monaco’s Cup, Austin defeated Rogerd 11/9, 6/3, 7/5. This is the first British victory in the event for ten years. The young Frenchmen, Legeay and Journau, after beating Cochet and Brugnon in the semi-final of the doubles, won the final from Boussus and Leseur. The following players will represent the United Tennis Club in their match against Hokitika, to-morrow: — A. team at Greymouth: Men—R. Kear, P. Warnes, A. McKay, C. Burley; ladies —M. Warnes, Mrs Cassells, D. Blair, M. McKay. B. team at Hokitika: Men —J. Gebbie, J. Cassells, B. Caulton, I. Dabschek; ladies—C. Brooks, Mrs Thomson, E. Bodd'y, Mrs Neville. SHAM AMATEURS. “The absurdities of sham-amateur-ism are doing untold harm,” writes L. G. Crawley in the “Daily Mail” when urging the authorities to seize the opportunity offered by the- American proposal for an open tennis championship, to eliminate abuses in tennis and golf. Apart from the British championship, which Gene Sarazen declares is worth 3210,000, international players make £3OO to £4OO a year from hotels and outfitters’ rebates, apart from selling their names to advertisers. A tailor, anxious to popularise certain, plus-fours, dresses one oxchampion for nothing. Tennis players, apart from notable exceptions, obtain clothes, rackets, and living at reduced rates.

The writer suggests the adoption of the National Hunt system. under which a jockey is given an amateur license after ten winners only if his income is adequate. Othewise he must remain a professional. The principle could be applied to tennis and golf after a certain number of tournaments had been won.