Evening Star Newspaper, February 16, 1930, Page 70

2 % - Van Ryn’s Rise in FAMED INTERNATIONALLY AFTER BRIEF NET CAREER Scores Signally at Wimbledon in Doubles, at Which Game He Is Especially Proficient—Likely to See Action in Davis Cup Matches. This is one of a of slories in which Vincent Richards is series analyzing the playing ability of the men chosen for this year’s United States Davis Cup squad. BY VINCENT RICHARDS, International Tennis Star and Former Davis Cup Ace. TI-IE climb of John Van Ryn of East Orange, N. J., up the ladder of fame has been one of the tennis. From the comparative obscurity of a college ability he has leaped in three years into international most rapid in the recent history of 1plx;yer of fair prominence, reaching his greatest heights so far in 1920. Then he won the Wimbledon doubles with Wilmer Allison, and paired with the Texan to win the interzone and challenge round doubles matches. This young Princeton graduate has one of the soundest games in tennis. It is without a real weakness. He makes every stroke with good form and with a decisiveness which stamps him as a player of the most aggressive type. Van Ryn’s forehand drive is a flat stroke, which has uniformly good length and pace and is well controlled, and his backhand, which has more life, is almost equally good, bordering on the spectauclar now and then. His service, while not rly hard to handle, is a forcing shot, and his volley and kill are adequate, though Van Ryn is inclined to be erratic at the net, at times bringing off sensa- tional shots and at others falling down on easy ones. Van Ryn has the fighting tempera- ment. He concentrates every minute, and the harder the going is the more determinedly he digs in. If you are close to the court you will hear him spurring himself with such remarks as “Come on, get this one!” In spite of the serfousness with which he takes tennis, and the fact that he trains carefully the year around, and despite the fact that his game has so sound_a foundation, I doubt whether Van Ryn will go much farther as a singles player. There seems something Jacking in his game, the spark of genius that stamps the championship player. Hard work has made Johnny the fine player he is. He deserves all the success he has achieved, because he has paid an exacting price for it. But aside from the improvement that’will come in his game with the added con- trol he will gain mmu‘:o additional years of play, I do not k for him to reach the top. Best in Doubles. It is in doubles that Van Ryn prob- ably will make his greatest mark. As far back as three years, when he was & junior in college, he was being hailed as the best doubles player in the coun- try. While there are a number of fine doubles players who can dispute this honor with him, Vap Ryn has clearly earned a place among the half dozen best in the world at the tandem game. His return of service in doubles is almost unfailingly good, beautifully | rw placed and with' the dip required to | X break the rush of the incoming server. | Golobe, His work at close quarters is better both on the volley and the overhead | Walfo; kill than it is in singles, and his gen- | eralship is excellent. He knows the doubles game thoroughly, has a fine understanding of its strategy and directs play on his side of the net. Van Ryn's play at Wimbledon in the ‘doubles brought from the gallery, and in defeating the late Hans Molden- hauer and Daniel Prenn of Germany and Henri Cochet and Jean Borotra of Prance in the Davis Cup matches, he rose to perhaps the atest tri- umph of his career as did also his doubles to Lewis N. White and Berkeley Bell of Texas. But in spite of those setbacks Van Ryn and Allison stand as one of the foremost teams in the world, and they are bound to receive serlous considera- tion as our Davis Cup combination for coming campaign. Fine Type of Sportsman. ol possible this pair will be broken up and Van Ryn paired with some other player, for he seems able to play effec- tively regardless of who is on the other &ide of the court with him. Van Ryn stands in high favor with the men in charge of our Davis Cup destinies. He is regarded as the ideal nt the country in inter- . He is a fine sportsman, conducts himself ideally on the court, | ingtol and in general it may be said that he has shown the game—more so than the majority of the younger players. nairated two yeats &40 whn he pasd onstrated two years ago when he passe up chance to make the team in order to complete his work at Prince- ton -n&dcet degree. Since he was he has been gi more time to tennis, playing in Cali- fornia in the Winter and in the South and East in early Spring and Summer. All of this extra practice should make him & better play I doubt that Van Ryn will get into| . .= the singles unless both Tilden and Hunter retire, and even then he might have trouble making a berth. But he the right attitude toward | in, SYRACUSE EASILY BEATS HOYAQUINT Geté Commanding Lead in Early Play and Carries on to 40-18 Win. YRACUSE, N. Y., February 15.— Syracuse trounced the George- town University basket ball team, 40 to 18, in a one-sided game at Archibold gym tonight. The Orange remain undefeated in Eastern basket ball circles and are a step nearer the mythical championship through to- night's rout. The visitors were held to a 31-to-5 score until late in the second half when the Syracuse second and third teams took up gal:y ‘With the latter group in, Capt. urice McCarthy of George- evening. Lou Hayman, captain and high scorer, and as a result Everett Katz, crack guard, stepped into position as high scorer for the home team by registering 14 points. Mesmer was the only mem- ber of the visiting team able to pene- trate the strong Syracuse defense. He was second high scorer of the evening. It was Syracuse’s thirteenth victory. Line-ups: Syracu: Katz, &. Stephens, Total chucsomoomes 0. C.SHOTS DVIDE. ! | Annex Doubles But Lose in Singles of Trap Events at Gynn’s Falls. ALTIMORE, Md., February 15.— Baltimore and Washington di- vided trapshooting honors today at the Municipal Gun Club, Gwynns Falls Park. The former car- ried off the team singles, 898 to 881, but lost the doubles, 188 to 186. Frank Rosebery, Baltimore, had the highest individual score of 95, with H. T. Edel, another local marksman, to- taling 94 for second. On the Wash- n team Dr. J. T. Lane was high with 93, with Frank Bartholemew hav- 1 less. fn the doubles R. D. Morgan, Wash- ington, pointed the way with 43 out of 50. The best Baltimore score was 39 turned in by Ridgley and Lee. Rosebery won the class A laurels, Hopkins the class B, Bartholemew the ch’r‘fl C and Messick the class D. e scores are considered exception- ally good for the snowy afternoon. The day was one of the worst in the history of intercity trapshooting. ‘The summary: SINGLES. Washington. Bartholomew Messick is serfously in the running for a place | Wencn in the doubles combination. (Copyright, 1930. by North Amerqan News- paper Alliance.) (Next—Wilmer Allison.) DUQUESNE QUINTET BEATS EAGLES, 37-17 PITTSBURGH, Pa., February 15— |Ws Dugquesne University five ran away from | g0 the Americans of Washington tonight, the final score being 31 to 17. The first half of the game was hard fought, the ?_e'rl:,d 1e‘nd.m[ with the score standing In this half Vernon of the Dukes put up & Ent game, and with Benedict, who pl & fine defense, carried the burden for the local boys. The Washington basket ballers gave little ground the first half, their shots being uniformly close to the basket or counting for points. For the Capital City team Olsen and Sells did the best scoring, each getting two baskets from the free fleld. Prom the foul line Olsen counted with two one-pointers, while Sells got*but one. ‘The line-ups: Duauesne. Lubie, 1. AS PAY FOR DUROCHER Lom| CINCINNATI, Ohio, February 15 (#) —Clarke A. Pittenger, utility infielder, today was sent to the New York Yankées nal , 88 payment for Durocher, infielder. Pittenger was with the Reds for the last three seasons. : Ridgle: Herel . Totals . Other ters: Baltimore—Bay. 68; Skinner. 79 Culver, 78; ~3; Kolman, 43 Scott, 8: 82; “Wagner, 80: Gorsuch. ' 61 . 74 Siston, @8; Nitch, 61; Poplar, 9; O. Rutherford. 84. ‘Washington—Monros. 78 Williams, 80; Smith. 77. DOUBLES. ‘Washin 36 Batholomew" 38 Wilson . Totals |, Class A—Won by Rosebe c : second, third. Tabler - B—Won by Hopkins; ; - BRI = - — - third, Pfeiffer. Shelton; & Class D—Won by Messick; second, Skinner: third, Culver. CENTRAL SWIMMERS DEFEAT LOYOLA HIGH BALTIMORE, February 15.— Cen- tral High School swimmers of Wash- ington vanquished Loyola High nata- tors. 47 to 28, here today. Central won five of the eight events. seco 'tg-‘mh ! RD FRE! Won by Gordon P W. ?rur,f:‘:’t‘:fll )i third, ks TROKE - Won by Varel Htelond. Kauiman (Loyols): thirds 1:14%. Won by Hickey ; third, 143, y Lyman (Cen- (Loyola): third, second imm second, }f ckles (Central) M| u 5 LEY Lo Jac ona. entri i Ui town sank his only two baskets of the = Syracuse was without the services of | ; | ley, Virginia: BALTIMORE SHOUT 8 | Wi 350 | tween Ty THE SUNDAY DUKE WINS BY A POINT. DURHAM, N. C., Pebruary 15—Led by & forward named Neiman, the Uni- versity of North Carolina threw a scare into Duke University here tonight, but the Blue Devils were not to be defeated and they staged a last-minute rally to overcome the Tar Heels 37-36. Q k<] 3 Neiman, Harper, 5[ eamnoa000! - Bl eSS 36 T L " Crawford. (Day 5 EASTERN WINNER IN VIRGINIA MEET Annexes High School Honors. Cavaliers Are Victors in College Class. Special Dispatch to The Star. HARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Feb- ruary 15—Virginia won both varsity and freshman classes in her sixth annual indoor invita- tion games tonight, with William and Mary second in both divisions. Eastern High of Washington again won the high school class, while Wood- berry-Forest took the Preparatory School division: for the second time. Scores in the varsity meet wyre: Vir- ginia, 23; William and Mary, 16, Wash- ington and Lee, 13; Maryland, 13; North Carolina, 12; Duke, 9; Wake Forest, 2. Eastern of Washington led the high schools with 41 points. Tech of Wash- ington scored 17%5. The summaries: MILE RUN, HIGH SCHOOLSTie between Ctester Miles and Frank Miles of Eastern, Washington: third. Molzhan of Tech. Wash™ ington: fourth, Torrence of Hyattaviile, Md. MILE RUN,' PREPARATORY SCHOOLS— Won by Bowman of Aueu dell of WoodbeS-y: third ton: fourth, Kolb of Staun 50-YARD DASH. HIGH Woodberry: second, Brooking ; third. Hagsin of Woodberry: 2f; Woodberry. 50-° ASH, ISITY—Won by Scott Fortbibam, 2t ecr ond, adl %unlé.. Kinsey of Wake Forest. Time, 54 seconds. 50-YARD DASH, COLLEGE FRESHMEN— Won by McKeown, William and Mary; sec- ond, Edmonds. Washington and Lee: third, Cauthorne, Virginia; fourth, Fenton, Mary- land. T-PUT, VARS! -~ W b ., Vir- ond. “AeDonaid. Maryianar tirs, Vlréinia: fourth, " Steve Wash- ington and Lee. SHOT-PUT, FRESHMEN—Won by Bent- econd, Berkwitz, William anc Mary; third, Richardson, Washington and SHOT-PUT, PREP SCHOOLS—Won_ b Goles. ~ Episcopal: ' second. ~Lesueur, Forl Union: third, Minot, Staunton: Tourth, Gan- ford of Woodberry. Distancg, 38 feeb 1% ARSITY—Won by Johnson, m and Mary: second, McIhaney, Vir- ia: third. Biddie, Washington and Les . Holden, Vlrslnll MILE RUN. FRESHMEN—won by Lauck, ; d, Jensen, North OCarolina: curth, Bray, Duke. ) d, fourth, n‘mufim P ime. 6.5 seconds. 440-YARD RUN (High schools)—Wen by ShiFa: Hopson, {Chariortey: fourtn. Glssron T e 3 schools) —Won ‘Wright (Woodberry): ms d, is- copal): third. lfinut (?lufl{::"}" l(ullrl’ Sherrill D Time seconds. 440-Y (Vargity)—Won ep- Carolina): “fourth Kinsey (Wake Forest). Time, 88.2 seconds. i ) nd Mary a;oe‘d. 'l er o e; third, Platt of _ Virginia: fourth, Cauthorne of Virginia. Time. 58% 50-YARD LOW HURDLES, PREP SCHOOLS —Won by Payne of wo&ern: second. Cary ¢, Episcopal: third. Shields of Pork Union: v::ll'.th. ‘Tucker of iscopal. ime. 6A sec- -YARD LOW HURDLES, o by Béerett of BAtern. seconc. Be of astern: third, Blanton of Charlot 5 ourth, Jones of Tech [Time, 6% secon A RUN. HI OLS—Won h: second, Shorb of &ll - iastern: fourth, \r- ;8 9 Barkley of North - roderich of Washington and b oSt 5 Simon of Duke: second Ochs of Virginia: third Heiser of Duke: fourth, Renn of William and Mary. Time. 10:24 5.10. HIGH JUMP ' (Varsity)—Won by Bagby of North Carolina; gecond, tie between Pax- ton and Cooke of Virginia and Freeman of Duke. Height. 5 feet 8 inche HIGH JUMP (Freshmen)—Won by Curtis of Washington and Lee: second, tie between Williams of William Mary and Rivers of Washington and Lee: fourl of ashington and Lee Helght, HIGH JUMP (Prep Schi Good: Union; th, Christer 3 fpet. 9 inches. School—Woh by Hops- kins of lfill!rn: : e ‘be. ‘ech and Barksdale of Ceni elght, ® fesl 10 inches. ESHMAN MILE RELAY—Won by Vir- :la llotmnd; ‘Washington and Lee. Time, FRESHMAN MILE RELAY—Won by Wil- Jiam ana Mary: second, Marsland. Time, VARSITY MILE RELAY—Won by Wash- ington and Lee:' second, Virginia. Time, HIGH SCHOOL RELAY—Won by Eastern of Washington; second, Tech of Washing- ton. Time. 4:00 2- PREP SCHOOL MILE RELAY—Won by Woodverry Fores i en_Chapman on second, Episcopal. Time | BRITISH UNITED BOOTERS PLAY WASHINGTON TODAY ‘Washington Soccer Club and British Uniteds will clash this afternoon in a ‘Washington Soccer League game on Friends School Fleld at 2:30 o'clock» It will be the first league game to be played on the fleld located in the 3900 block, Wisconsin avenue. Both teams are in the running for the leagu: flag and a spirited game is expected. —— Grid Star Leaves Sick Bed And Plays Hero for Team ATLANTA, February 15 (P).— Spring pains keep youngsters abed, but not when there’s Spring foot 11 Bill Degarimore of Oklahoma is a fullback on the Georgia Military Academy foot ball team and for two days his Spring illness kept him at home under the sheets. Yesterday Bill's team played Boys* High School in the first Spring foot ball game. His team needed his services, Bill was sure, and out of the bed he came. G. M. A. did need his help. For three periods the game was score- less. With but a few minutes of play left in the final quarter, Bill of the sick bed raced 70 yards for & fenu'zhgown, and the won, STAR, WASHINGTON, Tennis Remarkable : Shute’s Golf Winning Streak No Fluke D. C, FEBRUARY 16, 1930—PART FIVE. NARROWLY MISSES 1599 OPEN VICTORY Nervousness Spoils Game,: but Denny Gets in Tie | for Third Place. BY WALTER McCALLUM. prise at the winning streak SOME golfers in Washington | of Densmore Shute of Ohio, |ing along and sticking close to winner in the Western campaign of the trouping golf professionals. As a matter of fact, Denny Shute might well be the open champion of the United States today. Had it not been for a bit of youthful eagerness to win and possibly a little nervousness he would be holding the title that Bob Jones wears. 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