GENERAL SPORTS NEWS
I W. T. Tilden’s “circus” of profes- • sional lawn tennis players is to visit i Japan soon. It is probable that several ’ members of it will afterwards visit Russia, under an arrangement with the Soviet Government, which desires that lawn tennis shall be taught to the pupils of the Kiev, Leningrad and Moscow high schools. Although nearly blind and threatened with complete loss of sight, the 19-year-old American swimmer, Jack Medicia, who has been invited to Australia next season, continues to put up striking performances. He holds the world’s records for 500 yards and 500 metres, 5m 26 3-5 s and 5m 57 4-5 s respectively, his other times including 4m 38 3-5 s for 400 metres and 10m 15 2-5 s for 880 yards. Not long ago he defeated selected Japanese champions I over 400 metres. Senorita Anita Lizana, the best woman tennis player in South f America, left Santiago, Chile, for England—and Wimbledon—last month. A number of Englishmen living in Chile, | impressed by her play, are largely reI sponsible for the trip. Senorita Anita is so fast that she can beat any other woman in South America with ease, but she is very small, and the Argentine crowd call her “The Little Mouse.” They think she will be “the” attraction this year at Wimbledon.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20105, 11 May 1935, Page 16
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219GENERAL SPORTS NEWS Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20105, 11 May 1935, Page 16
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