Evening Star Newspaper, June 14, 1926, Page 27

Suzanne Iefiglen s Tennis Style Is Di_stinctly Her Own, Her Father Declares LEARNED ONLY STROKES FROM OTHERS HE SAYS Began by Perfecting Drive and Then Back-Hand and Half-Volley Followed—One of First Women 1o Use the Overhead Service. iLEN BY. CHARLES LE Hor ainer VI.—THE VALUE OF THE Lawere quite satished to learn the str its original owner. Besides as Suzanne from men players, and as.her manner of pla nine not only did she have o learn the stroke, but. in ing, she-also had to change its-sex. The physical limitations of her left no other course open. 1 do not believe-that any one ought to try to teach style. That is something which the lcarner d('\r‘lnln for himself, and T have scen many an awkward, clumsy player plaving a game. Suzanne's style is distinctly her own, and | could not make her alter it if T wanted to. I cannot, for instagee, sce Suzanne imitating the style of Miss Ryan or vice versa. They have two distinct separate manners of pla and vet ca I in hm- way L,“(‘[\ good resnlts, T B | e KRUSOFF WINS Ather and Sola LOB. and leave style entirely the learued almost a manner of speak- | sex HI; I tried to make her work mln\m) ‘ ieally, following a -program - that had Taid-ont, - Briefly, this program i ax follows: We started with dvives, and she ap- | plied herself especially- 10 the mastery | of e drive that wonld graze the nei. | and with plenty of length drop as near ax possible o the hase line. Onee mastered she varied it by y ing it as close as p ible (o the side lines and then cross eourt. Next came the same strokes executed with the hack-hand and then the half vol ley Krucoff, District added another lau Iyanes wir champio ol to her she captured Tennis League title, d 60, 60, in the crown when the Women's teating Ttuth Curran, final encounter, staged on the Colim- {hia Country Club courts. This is the first. time in_the history of the league | that a champion has heen crowned in 12 straight games Miss Curran. fatisued hour match of the morning Frances Walker, seede whom spe eliminated, 6 no matéh for the champion tn any de partment of the game. Her \m'\hn wis Istless and her stroking faulty Miss Krucoff placed her ~shots will, exhibiting th sideline drives which ized her play throughont the tourney Repentedly, she caught her opponent flat-footed when she kent. her seintilai- ing chop-drive to the corners of um court. Miss Curran, whn competin [ for the Arst time as a finalist, had I playved spe cular tennis in her semij final set-to with Miss Walker in the mornping, upsetting all the dope hy her victory, Miss Walker ranks amens the topnotehers locally, while Mis Curvan s rated only No. 5 on the Liberty team. The new runner-up is 4 comer, ever, and with her performance the league event has stablishd he: as one of the racketers to be reck oned with seriously whenever an District title is at stake. Miss Krucoff each of the five matches which mark ed her triumphant march to the title. She was never seriously extended and | did not lose a set threughout event. The ~ District League challe vesterday, High Lob Dangerous. Nor:did 1 forget the lob, the zood old dependable lob. which, when well executed, is the “bete noir” of the player, who rushes to the met. I made her learn fa lob just high enough to ape the player at the net and just far enough to ‘drop the ball as near as possible to the base line. She avoided the bigh lob, he- cause with its hizh bound i permits the opponent to run hack I ample time to return it. This kind of loh has only pone advantage. It gives the player sufiicient time to veturn from A precarious position. The . overhead seryiee, then used: by very: few women. re: anired..on_account of s variety of and careful stndyv: A 1 and double-fanitless was. finalk rived at and | davesay that suzanne makes fower ‘double fauits in a year than the average player makes in a match. | Then began her apprenticeship at | the net, which she found very enjoy- anl High and low volleys and xmashes were her delight. She is one of the few women in the world today who. have a net game. worth- speaking of. The majority of woman players are still content zo hover on-the base line. . “Go up to.the net,” they are often advised. but the advisers.forget that one needs to do mere than just £0 up to,the yet—one has to learn to stay there, and that without making oneself look ridiculous. This requires years of ful practice and S has paid for.her perfeet net game loug haurs of applicati Liked Net Naot play Jooks so diffienlt that averaze player despairs of ever mas tevigs it Nevertheleas it is one of the most ergential and most intevest- | hles will continne Ing parts of the zame Na plager can | ing to Florence | hope - to sueceed. with weak net | the tournament oo game. [ nle of match The Arsl feav trials at the net were | will*he announced very much to Suzanne's taste. and | .~ she set aut te mazter it spite ol itz | DYKES AND GALLOWAY OF A’S ON SIDE LINES difficulry. 1 taught her to remain calm. to keep her mental and physical | equilibrium, to take a firm grip on | CLEVELAND, June 14 (®).—Con ie Macl will be without two of his Short at in cter- which - was w seryic how in Women's cup was presented to Miss Krucoff. which she will hold for one year. In addition. she wax | awarded @ tennis racket, donated by | Foover Brothers. Miss' Curran e coived. n sl silver cup, for; the | nerup prive. Play in the first 1he win the don vound of tomorrow ehairman o The sched s and place weton her racquet. to follow the ball closely | with -her eves and to time it pxarnr\ when she it it. The nearer one is | to the net.the better. - It is not pos- |3 with sible for me to say exactly how far| ffl‘l’rm Sid dimmy i beon Suzanne stays from the net. as the| MBS QA€ G BTGP L T guing distance p iea It is usually some. | 5 Tmpire McGowan Saturda where between three and nine feet. | o i - ket Galloway twisted his left ankle| : T cannot but add a word of thanks | GalDWe spikes caught as he retired here 1o the kind people who Ixolnvd"h‘"“.‘ Jamieson, Cleveland Suzanne through her early st and | goider on an attempted steal yester a word of appreciation for the profes. | he 5 sionals Wha untiringly sent her halls | oy 1 her toosmash back, N. €. Ath ley Ingle, ro. stop, who reported to the vesterday, veplaced him was replaced at third Hale. (Naxt Against the Watl) Dise 1 . sammy the of Washinzton BASE BALL SECRETS By Sol Metzger The glove has a purpose and that prirpose s to take the blow of the ball when catch it. In the illustration on the left a player catching a ball in the correct way, of his to clasp you He veceives it in the glove hand and his bare hand ove The player on the ing the hafl in he ix trying to receive taneonsly hoth h e hand. No one ball very long by method. cen <imul ed and can play bas following this it WA@H[N(,TOI\ CREW F[ND% JINCETON, N. I June 14—When University that the Huskics were making a mistake in <topping off at Princcton in- ot the best preparation for the Hudson River race, and that in think we have nmade mify mistak # Pvinceton won't harf s, here. They comfortably | ted the sort of life they live heve in thix 'he erew js not in the hest a bad hand right, and if we'loxe, it will be all going 1 we arve glad of it erew, =aid that pe ally he would it hefore the race. alty ontfit In thelr deft watermanship | is likely that the Poughkeepsie re- rowed on the. lindson before the wa feet 11, and the entire varsity av To Match Your Odd Coats | Colvinicnty Tocsted Waork PRINCETON IS FINE PLACE at varsity crew had housed its shell after a workout on Lake Carnegic, stead of proceeding straight to the Poughkecpsic coufse. ’ wayvs the Huskies would have done better not to stop over at Nassau. And if we are zood O 1 to win “In fact.” he went on, “we feel that every one has heen ax kindly and antiful’ place will he the very hest pe. Our stroke has had a strained But we hope to give Princeton a | right. too. The whole thing is a We | G Pocock, the famons Wash- 1ike 10 see the lluskies remain away Tt isx easy v gel an impression of and their enormous driving power, gatta never saw a larger onffit, un- | Three of ihe men are 6 feet ages 6 feet>3 inches in'stature. EISEMAN’S, Z“‘ & 17'1333.3” Fourteenth Strect, BY LAWRENCE PERRY. P R cll Callow. the coeach, told the writer that he had heard talk He had heen told that the placid water conditions on Carncgic “Personally aid ¢ Now “T don’t the PPonghiceeps regatta, this \un‘ lhn'm'rn will receive avery hen hospitable as you conld imagine, and in the world for them, back and the regular No. 3 has had good race. If we win, 1t will he all Aportsman and \\P‘un- not Princeto ington hoat hnilder, who is with the from the Midson for a two the formidable charactegy of the var- They re veritable giants, and it Jexs it was the Stanford vixhl that inches-in height, the coxswain is TROUSERS MOTOR ~ SERS MOTOR CO. :37_14th St. %Mgln 5780 to | ¢ is entirely femi- | first-chrss | TENINS LOOP TITLE] afier her two- | with | ored impressively in | the ennis left- | were | other | THE EVEN CAPITAL CITY LOOP HAS REAL BATTLES Close scores were. the rule in terday’'s Capital City Rase League games, but few upsets wer registered. Auth nines remain at the hoth senior and midgel divi '“u Seniors got the fourth str {win without “having to work for swhen Brookland o muster | nine men. The Iked np | thel third conge at the expense of the Hohoes, 1. | The treers adder another to their ng n’ trinmphs in See. | division when | of the Cha N ak the me; conas nine, 11 o 8 | The Corinthians., leaders tion A of the Junior ¢ | nine innings to a 2all Congressionalk: Smithfield and ‘m\hml the othel | ESmithfickis nosing nonets, 4 to 3. The Tremonts took’ second piace in the with a second vie Cardir 10 teo % winning hurler, Covinthian Midgets downed 9 to 2, while the New 1Ha [ blanked the '\‘uuvl)l'l'lvx to 0, |FILIPINO NETMEN LEAD IN SINGLES ON COAST calif., Jdune 14 (#) Guillermore At Davis cup tear ¢ here, but they ed from the sinzles in Const t champion Tigers fur- clash, the their oppo Takoma dunior out enior race aver the was the tory 15 Ciango the < ens RERKELEY, Franciseo and the Philippine thelr double: were elimina the Pacitic <hips won defeated Francis | Avazon nd Fobby | defeated Guillermore, ' prndt bherger zor in the don- | I bles, 6 | second in the na- his third-round by defeating | intercollegiate , 6—3: tional ranking, match in the | James Davies, | doubles champion. athl Stadin rack hoelub will put of many weeks of practice m anti Mary” Tew and Julia Ra all experted to uphold the honor o Washington Athletic Clih in th events, | Meriam Hearn the hizh jumper for thiz gronp and Hetiy Kronman will put up some sirong compe n in the broad jump. A. (. boasts three speedy | sprinters in_Dorothy Reed, Annabel and Mary Ellen Totten Star mermaids of this locality from | the Capitol Athletic Club will emerze | >1xunl their aquatic y ground to test | their skill on terra fir) Julia Aman, ‘ a junior athlete, is expected (o prove star beautiful ed, the jewelers the club winning | of points in the be regarded allenge fand must won three {for an Fain pernanent | pssession of it In addit | point seover will receive the gift of Pearson & v [ The winninz elub will [ banner, to be kept permanent | addition o the challenze trophy | individual winner of f | third plac will he | blue for Avst, white | red for_thirc The first match of 1he Wash | Athletic Club's annual tennis tc ment for the club singles champion- ship resulted in a victory for Kleanor Wa 3 Miss Watt defeated | Verdie Hyman, 6—3, 6—3 The remaining first-round matcnes { with one exception, are scheduled to ! be played this afternoon on the Henry | Park Courts at Seventh and B streets, [ They will bring together the follo plavers: rirude Boger iam Hearn vs, ronorow ve, Vi more vs, Virginia Tomorrow ernoon at 545 Hearn will meet 1lelen lines in the last mateh of the openi round. ottty Kronman will play the inner of this mateh, having drawn # bye in the initiai play Long experience in men many X have yer to applics partic won singles former 6 HIEN the three leading Central High School pete in the ead into the fio cip the dash Princess A silver &ift will cup, elaborately of Pearson & he presented he enp will | trophy | times | | th high) individnal medal, [ ain | receive. a | in: vs Moo 1 the realm port s less which the faiy One of these lessons | “MID-WASHINGTON” 11602 14th St. N i road-holding Aread, strong carcass, Distributors - Truck Tir ING STAR, WASHIN | cover off the ball | how | antil the re: | menta 1 tr | eonid ¢ | she would be | fight immes | players "The Bulletin Board 30x3% Clincher Cord, with the A LL-WEATHER walls, large air volume. $129% Nl el Dol i) We can satisfy you. iTON, .. MONDAY, D. The Evening Star BOYS CLUB Conducted l»y ROBERT C. McCLELLAN The speed of the forehand drive is decided by the length of the swing behind the body. The farther you start it the faster it will go. The di- setion_ilepends s where you meol | the hall—back from the right hip to the vight court; directly in front to front of left hip. to left. BY TED DREWE National Public Parks Tennis Champion OU don't try for home runs Y in tennis. It is all right to have speed, but that must he learned Tast. 1t is highly scienti that be desired. acquire by knocking is to it " the | <peed ran’t Await inz Service, AWAITING AERVICE You first put the ball nt it. with good form, and then .with speed Have a definite idea of where and ! the hall is going every time you it. . The drive both the for The player must nd then to serve, developed until it 1t_should never he | The real punch in tennix comes at the et That's the nearest approach of Babe Ruth style in the net game. | yit the net game comes after the seline game of driving. seryiee, “hop strokes and half vollevs come Coxt a1l and should not he attempted | 8 st of the game is well de- | 5 where you carefully, PO TION oF FrEY j - | hit should he mastered from and and the backhand n fo drive first hould be | able. Correct torm for a player awalting ; The Fallow Through in Ten- last pxright. | JUNE SIX C APITAL RALKETER@ IN MARYLAND TOURNEY FIXR having taken the measure of Itimore's leading racketers in the sixth annual ilotchkiss Cup team matches here on Saturday, Washington tennis players, half a dozen strong, o to the Monu- City today for another tussle with the Marylanders in the State Y courts at Raltimore Country Club. A field of 84 netmen. including three G. Chandler, Brad- 1a n and Tom Stow—will in the event. Chandler is inter- mpion and is favored to which was taken last Stratford, another IAl championship tourney on the turf N SPORT| I; FRAZIER Tom M clihs of the District gather at the | p g0 o title, Gernld well, Jack Yhad Benton i B Thompson, rier Banm s repres m next Saturday afternoon to com « \atives, Banm nd ficld meet exclusively for women - only one of the six scheduled ‘i the preliminary rounds. the first ind the District 2 follows: Mangan L Renton va L. K. Dudley < 1. J. Donohe, ve Vaughan and sined team of athletes as a e the even Tarty Ton Onr woman racketer had snfficient experienc pting to endurance by <irenzth. Men know that. they mayv feel physically fit hotrs after a grueling match, their nerves are in a. relaxed which makes the hand unsteady : the eve untrustworthy. Our sports- women have this lesson to learn They are prone to sayv, “Oh, T fecl 1 tennis enthusiasts have netl vet Harker folly hompson nerve of ' phys althon, seve their gles and \vmru-; 4 antic doubles championships will | claim the interest of local players next week. The two tourneys will be concurrently on the courts of the Norfolk Country Club, starting on Wednesday, June The winners of 1l right.” and go right into a sec-|the doubles title go to the nationa! ond ner cking shortly | doubles championships. John Temple after coming through th Then | .. jr., was winner of the Vi !they wonder why th geL | ginia title 1924 and was runner-up soin | for the honor last vear, being nosed An experienced plaver here in the [ out in the final round by Eddie District, one who has held the title | of Raltimore. o several times, told me that no on — ne back from a hard match | Rohert €, Va Jdohnson. Capt. Thomas in less than and in many case it pa 6 for o play to ve. Shelby Buek are the cover his nerve embers of the 1926 Army eal strength, mind yon team whe teok part in minor part of the winnin here 13 vear when men their matche | Army seaved a geeond win at the ex e chanstion, bot ma | pense of Navy. The remaining play defeats hecans Lors who will' carry Army colors in the third annual tilt next Satyrday at Germantown Cricket Club are as fol we Mal. 1. 1. Elliott, Forth Leaven worth. €apt. . W. Christenbe: sction is even mare keen than their | Fort Benning: Maj. A. M. Patch, jr.. brothers’. Yet men finsist upon at | Staunton Milit Academy; Lieut. least 24 hours' rvest between critical . P. Gantt, West Point; Maj. Bates singles encounters in championship | afayette College; Capt. T. piay. while the women think nething | <. Brand, Fort Washington: Lieut. R, at all of attempting to play a final | B. Oxrieder, Fort Humphrey, and | niatch in the afternoon after a hard | Lieut. W. L. Ritchie, Fort Sam Hous mi-final encounter in the morning. | ton. ‘Attempting to play” is used advis- | edly, for only a superwoman could really®do herself justice under such circumstances. AS a matter of fact. more apt to put up a ately after completing the natch than she would sevel er he e of the mental ixation which takes once strain is over 1 their " [l splendid thing if the Potoma wamen in the District wonld make it while 1 rnde in all tige play, just as the men [ to the Monument Bave done, that no player be forced | Suburhan 1. 1 participate in a semi-fina and a ! second start o final encounter withont at least 21 [ In the opening matches on May 31. s 11 wonld make onr tonr- | Standards. blanked Lakeview, 7 1o 0: ments conzsiderably more interest. | A 1e zeofed a shutont aver Capitol ing both from the spectators” and the ' 7 to 0. and, Montrose wen from Bur standpoint. leith, couldn’t Capt Wait ¢ Loy an VY thven Lecch Cup he matehe: fre suffor of nerve Women no e rile V fact, they are =0 built stitutionally that their nervous ave coption to thi Chevy Chase Club's annual men’ | singles” tournament opens on Satur- | day. lowing on Mon: rhampionships June 26, ay. are Roys and girls’ listed for Satur- first hours 1 nervous re the Parks Tennis nnual series on Park entertains Henry plays host racketer the season Saturday. 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By tomorr the majority of the speed demons of the National Motor Racing Associntion expect to have their mounts at Laurel to spend the remainder of the week In a series of egntinuons trial runs to adapt the cars better to the big board oval. ‘The ears which began arriving at the track today include practically all those prominent in speedway racing. Albert’ R. Jacobs, secretary of the National "Motor® Raclnz Assoclation and the man who is in full charge of | the actual track preparations for Sat urday’s races, announced that he will | ingist on every driver who is to qualify having his mount on the boards to- | morrow unless it is impossible to have | necessary mechanical changes made | by that time, Cars that will r have been undergoi vamping, with many the faster speedway driving #till to be | made. Since race cars esrry differen. tials that vary according to their use | on dirt or hoard tracks and gear ratios | and other mechanieal details that vary | accordingly, the next few days must | be spent by the speedsters in making these mechanieal preparations. « 1t i the aim of Jacobs to have the cars ready 1o hegin trlal sprints to morrow. From then until race time on Saturday he hopes to have the racers roaving around the big pine | on Satwrday | complete re adaptations to | n | how! for the double purpose of giving | | the drivers plenty of practice in tak ing the d4%.degree banking on the turns without mishap and at the same time giving motor racing fans an op- portunity of getting a good look At the dare-devils and i favorites hefore Saturd: | National Motor Racing Association drivers come to Washington from the new Philadelphia Speedway at Lang- horne, Ta.. which been demon- strated to be the fastest dirt track on any circuit. Entries will include such stellar per- formers of the national racing body as Jimmy Gleason, who has driven on the hourds and at Indianapolis be- xides_having had a thorough training in dirt t technique: Rugsell $now herger National Association 19 champion: Al Aspen, veteran of many road racing experiences; Ray Keech Oscar Olzon, ¥red Winnai and the prize-fizhter speed demon, Lou Fink who is siv-fee-tfonr and can harely squeeze Into one of the tiny mote Tickets for the Saturday races have heen placed on sale at Spalding’s, the | Willard and Washington Hotels, | Charles C‘afe. Fourteenth and Kenyon eets northwest, and Jerry's Sport Shop, 3307 irteenth street north west th TIP FOR FISHERMEN. HARPERS FERRY, W. Va., June | 14.—The Potomac River was clear and the Shenandoah was a little muddy this morning | lin the natinnal open championship | Ralph Beach | T. Barnett of Chevy | be play |88 and 10 | of ¥, | Madrigal. | stake LEADING YANKEE GOLFERS IN TWO BIG OPEN EVENTS By the Associated Pross EW YORK, June Two great golf titles, the American and British opens, have attracted leading swingers of wood and iron to qualification tests in the United States and England this week. Americans will disturb the turf on 17 courses throughout the coun- try today, with admission to the tournament proper at the Club, Columbus, next month as the prize. Scioto Country Meantime, there will he an extraordinary ying in the central and southern z Wednesday., FIVE CAPITAL PROS TAKING OPEN TEST Professional golfers attached to five clubs ahout Washinzton were striving in medal play events in two other rities for places in the list of qualifiers interest in the Americans ction: of the British qualifying test: From the American trials today will come to compete at Colur own now worn the bespectat. . Willile Mar farlane, who fought through the three hottest s known to the East last Summer to win at Worcester, Mass Macfarlane defeated Bobby Jones, the American amateur champion, by one les of play-off, these u tie at the ole competi tion Macfarlane, members of the viétn ons Walker Cup team, the first 30 among the finishers in last year’s title play, all Amer now "appearing n the major tournaments abroad and fore will start at Scioto with to survive the qualifying hole Previous to this champion haz been Eddie Towns of Indian of Burning Tree Spring and R hase were play ing fn a sectional qualifving round at the Merion Cricket ¢lubh, near Phila delphia. while A Thorn of the Town and Country Club and R, Cliff MeKimmie of Beaver Dam we |ing in anothey “ection ey the Lakeside « Cluh of mond, \a Fred Meleod of Columbia a Armour of Congressional onut havin vound of SURtES riet will qualify 19 rs toda while 15 { Bt nroduced from 106 in the New pEotesaion o area. Cleveland and Philadel als, and Roland 1. MacKenzie. ama . teur, of Columbia, are already eligible R for the open hy reason of their entry in _the British open championship. The open championship proper 1 over the course of the & ountry Chih of Calumbns, Ohio. aualify Tones, Bill Mehlhorn. Georze foe Kirkwood and Silas New 1 the prelimin fixture on the Sunning- the southern section. an stars now abroad, in Jazen, Tommy. Av mmet French Gunn, Roland 30h rdner 'and Al oo found in the central . Anne’s, where the proper will be held the of this month member of the Ameri onal team which has been $ the present will fotr i Tom Moore and R. J. Zimmerman led a large field in the sweepstake: tournament held yesterday at the In dian Spring Golf Cluh. Moorge annexed the low ghoss prize with a card of 7%, two shots in front H. Wilms and B. M. Manly, who tied at S0, Zammerman with a_gross scors of e 100 and a handicap of 30 strokes, won low net. P. B. 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