PERRY AND MARRIAGE

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19903, 4 June 1936, Page 8

PERRY AND MARRIAGE

bHOIJLD BE AN IMPETLb. AMERICAN MANAGER’S COMMENTS " .\.\' EXTRAORDINARY STATEMENT" United Press Assn—Elem Tel. Copyright. (Received June 4’, 3 pm.) LONDON, June 3. “It is extraordinary for Perry to say that.” said Mr A. U. Cushman. manager of the American \\'igiiiman Cup team, at present in Englanii, re—ferring to the interview given to the Daily Mail in which Perry is reported to have said: " Tennis used to be my whole life. but now I am married 1 have oihur inleresis. and tennis is only part of them. 1 have lust, interest and en—thusiasm and cannot. concentrate. Thai Is the plain truth," .\ir (Jushman ailried: "Marriage in the majority of cases prox'ides a rimm—nion and niliieie \\‘illl additional impetus to \\'in. I do not know of a marriage which is detrimental to a Champion Crawford and \‘on Cramm are both married. and their command of the game has never been greater. Allison has been married for some yearS. but his high standard of tennis has not fallered."

The secretary of a prominent athietic club said that most managers regard marriage as beneficial. as the home life of the athletes is better regulated and means expertly-super-vised \\‘ii‘ely rare, which is more \‘aluahle in training a champion than the nagging or a mere manager.