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OUR WORLD CHAMPION VOLUME III. No.8 MAY, 1938 THREE PENCE w. MIDDLESEX TITLES LITTLE MISS tt POKER-FACE" OUR LATEST WOMAN STAR Champions well beaten at West Ealing HE most surprising thing about the West Middlesex championships, at the West Ealing TClub, was the defeat of the champions in the singles events. Maurice Bergl went out in straight sets to Eric Filby, and Wendy Woodhead was beaten also in straight sets by young Jean Nicoll. Fifteen-years-old Jean didn't reach the final by the easy route either. She had Joan Young and Joan Harding en route. In the final she proved a revelation. Her complete calm, and the perfect" poker-face" expression, show the temperament of a great player. HE played Wendy's hits with complete IN the last match Filby seemed just a wee M iss Jean Nicoll. Sself-assurance and possessed a defence bit tired, and it was Rogers this time who almost incredible in one so young. After hit clean through the defence of their subsequent gamesi and relied on their solid seeing her, one can quite understand the opponents. I thought the match would defence to carry them through. idea which prompted Mrs. Greenwood to have gone to five sets after Baron-Jones won offer another cup for competition if Miss the first very comfortably. FINALS RESULTS. Nicoll won the trophy three times in They never allowed Filby and \ Men's Singles. succession. On this form she looks like Rogers to settle down in the first E. J. Filby beat M. Bergl (Holder) 21-16, becoming the Filby in the women's ranks. match. The second saw Filby hitting 21-15, 21-16. Certainly I can't point to any outstanding more accurately, and Baron and Women's Singles. faults in her stroke execution. Jones making defensive slips to lose Miss J. Nicoll beat Miss W. Woodhead (Amer­ the set. The third provided really sham) 21-17, 21-14. Filby and Bergl provided a wonderful good open play before the South of sPectacle in the men's singles. ifMaurice Men's Doubles. England champions won at 19. E. J. Filby and J. Rogers beat H. Jones and did lose his title he has at least the con­ They were 19-18 down in the final L. Baron 13-21, 21-15, 21-19, 21-19. solation that he almost held Filby in his game before Rogers hit three really Women's Doubles. free hitting bouts. Bergl defended spanking winners. Miss C. Wheaton and Miss B. Wright beat splendidly, but one has to do a mite more Miss J. Nicoll and Miss N. Constantine 11-21, than that to hold those Filby drives down ONNIE WHEATON and Bessie Wright 21-16, 21-17. the lines. A t times Eric hit in desperation Cagain demonstrated that there are few Mixed Doubles. to bring off breath-taking winners. better women's doubles pairs than them­ E. J. Filby and Miss Nicoll beat L. Baron It was a great match, and the score of selves. They made plenty of mistakes to and Miss Joan Harding 21-19, 21-14. drop the first game to Jean Nicoll and Miss three straight sets hardly does justice to the J. W. A. CONNOLLY. fine battle which Bergl put up. Constantine, but didn't repeat them in the RIC FILBY got still another treble. It Eis getting almost monotonous these days. He and Jean Nicoll stopped the run of Lisle's Antazing Lapse successes which Leon Baron and Joan Harding seem to have been enjoying. They OTTS beat Warwickshire in men's section (Midland Group) of county championship. seem to be admirably paired up, and I think NBig surprise, for Warwickshire expected to gain easy victory, especially as Lisle in opening they are without question our best mixed set beat Csango the Notts star, in two straight games. pairing at the moment. Baron played really Lisle, however, suffered an amazing defeat at the hands of Wigginton (a fine fighter). well and hit with judgment, but Miss Nicoll At one game all Lisle led in the third game 20-11, but in going out for an outright winner, is just a wee bit too steady for them all. lost the next 11 points in a row, to lose the match in deuce. Filby got his third title in the men's Notts as winners of the Midland group met winners of Northern group, Lancashire doubles with Jack Rogers, and without (Liverpool) . question their match against Hugh Jones Warwickshire women tie with Yorkshire at top of section, after beating Lincoln 6-3 in and Baron was one of the best I have seen return match. for a long time. Baron has developed a Interesting position in Midland Counties Leagues, resulting from entry of new N otts tendency to hit, and it was refreshing to see Association, who beat Coventry 6-3, but lost to Birmingham 5-4. him and Jones trading hits with the Filby­ Coventry beat Birmingham for the first time ever, and stood an excellent chance Rogers combination. of winning the league. H. Sharpe has contributed largely to their success. 2 TABLE TENNIS. ORE~4T BELFAST RECEPTION FOR OUR FOREION TOURISTS CHAMPIONS!! N Northern Ireland the visit of the tourists on Saturday, March 26, created such interest Ithat five weeks before the event applications for the best seats (irrespective of price) were received from prominent business and commercial n1.en. This was the first visit of table tennis (( stars" to Belfast, and so great was the last minute rush that the demand exceeded the supply of reserved seats. Mr. Isaac Ste\vart (Vice-President) and Mr. Norman M. Wilson (Hon. Secretary) escorted the players from Dublin to Belfast on Friday, March 25, and a civic welcome by the Lord Mayor, Sir Crawford McCullough, Bart., was extended to them at the City Hall. G. V. Barna was (( on the air" later in an interview during the local news. ARNA presented the prizes at the Ulster Liebster played Proffitt next, and won Bchampionship finals. The tourists at­ fairly easily, 21-11, 21-10. Proffitt pro­ tended the Celtic v. Glentoran football duced some really excellent returns but match at Windsor Park, and poor Viktor was unable to beat Liebster, who was playing had a bad time watching the mistakes. on top form. This brought Liebster in Then the Exhibitions on Saturday night­ the final with Vana. Viktor the idol of the crowd, with Bergmann HE final was again one of many thrills. a close second. Most unfortunately, Vana T Liebster took the first game at 21-15. Barna and Bellah in play. was off form, but Liebster played great stuff. The result of the first game made Vana play The tourists will all be going home soon. Undoubtedly the match between Bergmann as though he had the World Championship and Barna was the supreme classic of the title at stake, he won the next two games, A Dance followed the exhibition, and evening. Flick-flick-flick-up to twenty 21-17, 21-12. The last game Liebster the players were entertained by the club Viktor sent over in one rally, and they all had the lead at 19-16, and everybody was to dinner at the (( Mylett Arms." came back! This n1.atch, won by Bergmann hoping that he would win, but Vana managed Altogether a truly successful evening, 2-1, lasted 35 minutes and thrilled the to pull up and bring the score to 20 all. and the only query from Hoover Sports largest crowd for table tennis ever in Belfast. Then Vana won the game and match, 23-21. Club is, (( When can we have them again? " Although the spectators were rather -may it be soon. OST of the thousand spectators had never disappointed at the absence of Bellak * * * Mseen anything so brilliant, and men­ they were all delighted with the great show HE Midland Bank Table Tennis Club tioned afterwards that they \vished the put up by his substitute Liebster. The T entertained Messrs. Vana, Bergmann, Exhibitions had gone on another three Mayor (Alderman H. W. Capell), who had Barna and Liebster on l\1arch 3, 1938, at the hours. taken a very great interest in the tourists' visit Seymour Hall, Seymour Place, W. 1, and in At an interval during the pro­to Hackney presented the trophy to Vana. return were treated to a grand display of gramme, Mr. Norman M. Wilson table tennis. Over 800 bankers and their * * * presented the players to the Ht. H on. OR the second year in succession the friends thoroughly enjoyed the exhibition. H. G. II. Mulholland, M.P. (Speaker FHoover Sports Club entertained the The magnificent hall, which has only of the Northern Ireland House of tourists. Players this year were B. Vana, recently been completed, was an admirable Commons), who presented them with G. V. Barna, R. Bergmann and A. Liebster. venue for such a spectacle. monogrammed linen handkerchiefs as Over 300 club members and friends If you could have seen the faces of the souvenirs of their visit to Belfast. assembled in the Perivale canteen to watch players when first they saw the hall After the Exhibitions-a supper in the the exhibition, and they were well rewarded you would have been really surprised at Grand Central Hotel with 60 guests. Good by an evening of wonderful table tennis. their unanimous exclamations of appre­ speeches, good entertainment, especially by ciation. The hall was alive with colour. Messrs. Close and Struthers (' (The Two Blue and orange chairs lent a continental Jimmies") whose signature tune (( Shake, atmosphere to the scene, which was and Jet us be friends," has been adopted by reminiscent to Barna and company of the N.I.T.T.A.
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