TENNIS CHALLENGE
A challenge has been issued for one of the r(ranges! lennis mulches in .Sydney, slates aii Australian writer. Four men, whoso apes total 'JIO years, have flung down tho gauntlet to a quartet whoso years amount to yoi. JealoiiH.v does not enter into the argument. II is merely n caso of discovering whether the "old dodderers," as Iho challengers call themselves, can beat their moro youthful riva Is. The challenge arose from (he iwinounceini'iil that four players—F, Pipe (aged 70), A. MrKenzio (r.l), J. Cohen (50) and W. Johnson CJ7) —comprised probably tho oldest ((viin iii Sydney. "Within a couple of flays \V. B TiOve, of Eastern Suburbs, put. in hi" claim. His quartet wasi I'. 11. Winning (01) W. B i.ovo ("> T ), U. Rnanlman (f>o) and A. F. Peters (-1U). "And if you do not believe us we will prndhco our birth certificates," said hove. "No hanky-panky businoss. We arc tho goods." '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23616, 28 March 1940, Page 16
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155TENNIS CHALLENGE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23616, 28 March 1940, Page 16
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