Evening Star Newspaper, August 1, 1930, Page 22

SPORTS. TAUBMAN’S = ‘AUGUST T, 1930. B—6 SPORTS. e Vines “20-Years After” Hero YOUNGSTER STARTS ASDD MLOUGHLIN Pasadena Produces Another Tennis “Comet,” but One Less Colorful. Staff Correspondent of The Star. EA BRIGHT, N. J., August 1.— A tennis version of Alexan- dre Dumas’ novel, “Twenty Years After,” is being writ- | ten on the historic courts of| the Seabright Lawn Tennis and | Cricket' Club, with a gangling,| freckle-faced 18-year-old boy as its hero. The tale promises to be | one of the most dramatic in the| annals of the game when it is fin- | ished. 1 The hero's name is Ellsworth Vines, | jr. and he hails from Pasadena, Calif., | the birthplace of Maurice E. McLough- lin, who, up to the time that William LEADER AND RUNNER-UP BATTLE IN TENNIS LOOP Lakeview team, which is heading the | Suburban Tennis League pennant race, and Standards, defending titleholders, who are in second place, just a shade back of the pace setters, will clash in | the feature league match tomorrow on the Lakeview courts. Argyle Country Club and Wesley | Heights, standing third and fourth, re- spectively, will meet in the other league encounter. Team Standing. Lakeview . st Arayle C. C. Wesley Heights! CALIFORNIA RULES Players From There Heaché Finals in Both Men’s and T. Tilden, 2d, appeared on the scene, | was the greatest player the sport had | ever known. | It was just about 20 years ago that McLoughlin came out of the West to take the tennis world by storm with his almost unreturnable service and in troduce the hard-hitting style of pla which Tilden was to bring to full frui- tion several years later. Hence it is! that the story of young vines is called “Twenty Years After.” Colorless and Modest. This prodigy from the Sunshine State | bears a striking resemblance to his fa- mous fellow citizen in every respect but personality. McLoughlin was magnetic, | Whereas Vines is rather colorless. But 50 far as racket-swinging ability is con- cerned, the nickname “California Comet” is equally as applicable to the youngster as it was to his illustrious Ppredecessor. Speed and power are the foundation stones of Vines' game, as they were of McLoughlin's. The predominating characteristic of | this new Lochinvar from out of the| West is his modesty. Even the unprece- dented record he has established has | had no effect whatever upon the size of his head. Let us review briefly what he has| accomplished since he made his East- ern debut in the Longwood bowl invi- tation tournament at Brookline, Mass., two weeks ago. Not yet acclimated to grass courts, on which he had played only twice before, Vines was defeated by Richard Murphy, former indoor junior champion, in the second round of the Longwood event, but a week later, in the Metropolitan | turf court championship at Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, he scored his first major vic- tory at the expense of Francis X. Shields, former outdoor junior _title holder ‘and twelfth ranking player of the country. That was the beginning of a series of consecutive triumphs over | topnotchers that have made him the | talk of the tennis world. Repeats Victories. Francis T. Hunter, veteran of many | Davis Cup wars and No. 2 on the na- tional ranking list, was Vines' next vie- tim. Hunter bowed to him in the final round of the Metropolitan champion- ship, after winning the first two sets. From Bay Ridge the Californian came down here and within four days has re- peated his victories over Shields and Hunter in addition to defeating Richard Norris Williams, former national cham- pion and still officially recognized as the eleventh best player in the United States. And yet Vines is today the same quiet, ‘unassuming boy that he was while plod- ding his obscure way through the pre- liminary rounds of the Metropolitan championship. He seemed to be a little :ugd by the fame thl't‘glu descended pon him s0 unexpectedly. He is a trifie naive about it all. A remark he made in the course of an interview here today illustrates this trait. He was being questioned about | his earlier conquests on the coast' and | Was answering in a courteous, but dis- | interested manner when Tilden's name | popped /into the conversation. | Father Taught Him. His brown eyes lightod up, he straight- ened up to his full height of 6 feet, 2 inches. and, with the first touch of pride hie had revealed, he said. “I won | two games from Tilden once. It was in | ‘a tournament at Los Angeles in 1928.” | Apparently the memory of that moral victory over the great Tilden meant more to him than his recent actual tri- umphs over players, who are capable of giving “Big Bili” a hard fight any day. It is quite evident that, although he has twice beaten one of the finest play- ers of the age, he still stands in awe ©f & reputation. He frankly admitted, in his lazy Southern California drawl, that he was nervous when he took the court against Hunter and Williams and entertained no serious thoughts of suc- cess. Young Vines is a product of the blic courts of Pasadena, where he been playing “as far back as I can remember.” Although he had the ben- efit of three months' coaching from Mercer Beasley, a professional in his | home town, he received most of his | court knowledge from his father, who | is in the advertising business. Gives Up Basket Ball He plans to enter the University of Southern California in the Fall and to | devote himself to tennis exclusively in his spare time. He plaved basket ball at school, but has decided to forsake the wooden court in the interests of | “ clay and grass courts. He shyly con- | fessed to national championship aspira- | tions. The most remarkable feature of Vines' unparalleled success is the fact that it was achieved on a playing sur- face with which he is familiar. All the courts of his part of the country are made of asphalt or cement. The first time he saw a turf court was in 1928, when he played through one tourna- ment at Vancouver. His next experi- ence was in the Michigan State cham- pionship at Pontiac, Mich, last year, where he was eliminated by Emmett J. Pare, national clay court champion. | Not until he went to Brookline did he | have an opportunity to play on a lawn | #gain. It is the unanimous opinion of vet- eran tennis critics that Vines has the | greatest promise of any youngster to | come up to the “big time” since the | days of “Little Bill” Johnston. Tilder does not count because he was 25 when when he gained national recognition. That is the “20 years after” of ten- nis, s0 far as the story has been un- folded and it seems destined to have & glorious climax. (Copyright, 1930.) - — 'ARGYLE TENNIS TEAM WILL PLAY LEESBURG Argyle Country Club's tennis team will entertain the Leesburg, Va. Racquet Club netmen on the Argyle courts Au- t 10 in a return maich. The en- gagements will consist of six sngles | and three doubles matches, which will start at 1 pm. _MORRISON WINS JUNIOR NET TITLE OF NEW YORK SYRACUSE, N. Y., August 1 (#)— Ponald Morrison of Washington, D. C., | the battered out a straight-set victory, 6—4, 6—2, 6—32, over Marvin Brown of | Paul Kunkel, Women’s Singles. Br the Associated Press. EABRIGHT, N. J., August 1.—For the first time since Howard Kin- sey won it in 1924, the coveted Seabright Tennis Bowl was cer- tain to travel to the Far West today. Upset victories in the semi-final round of the men's singles yesterday placed two 18-year-old Pasadena youths into the championship round of the Seabright invitation tournament—Els- worth Vines, jr, and Sydney B. Wood, jr. Vines scored his second victory in five days over Francis T. Hunter of New Rochelle, N. Y., world-famed in- ternationalist and No. 2 in the national ranking. Wood gained the right to face Vines for the title today by eliminating the strongly favored Southerner, Clif- ford Sutter of New Orleans. Despite Vines' sensational victory over Hunter in the final round of the metropolitan turf court championships last Sunday, few experts thought the Pasadena youth could turn the trick again with an aroused Hunter on the other side of the net and eager for re- venge. The New Rochelle veteran seemed to vindicate this opinion when he took the first set at 6—4, but Vines, a daring player, ready to take all sorts of chances to score points, romped through the second at 6—2 and then won the deciding set at 8—6. Wood eliminated Sutter, 6—2, 3—6, 6—0, dis- playing an amazing attack that swept Sutter off his feet in the third set. To make the Far Western sweep all the more impressive, two more Califor- nians reached the finals of the women's singles. Dorothy Cruickshank of Santa Ana eliminated Edith Cross of San Francisco, 6—2, 6—3, to reach the championship round, where she was joined later by Mrs. L. A. Harper of | 6- Los Angeles. Mrs. Harper put out the sole remaining Eastern hope, Vlrglml i Hilleary of Philadelphia, 6—0, 6—32. In the men’s doubles the finalists were the teams of Richard N. Williams of Philadelphia and J. Gilbert Hall, South Orange, N. J, and Wood and Frank Shields of New York. Williams and Hall eliminated Sutter and Mau- rice Bayon, New Orleans, 6—2, 6—2. Wood and Shields put out Vines and Keither Gledhill in a spectacular match, 4—6, 11—9, 7—5. Sarah and Mianne Palfrey of Brook- line, Mass., reached the final round of women’s doubles along with Miss Cross and Mrs. Harper. Finals of the men’s singles and women’s doubles were to be played to- day and in women's singles, men’s dou- bles and mixed doubles tomorrow. CARNERA IMPRESSES WITH SIZE, AGILITY Primo Carnera, huge Italian heavy- weight boxer, was at the Mayflower Hotel today awaiting the decision of the Department of Labor on his appeal for extension of the time he may stay in this country. Last night the big fellow gave an ex- hibition at the Washington Auditorium in connection with the weekly wrestling show there. His manager, Leon See, took occasion to remark that he had a contract with Joe Jacobs to fight Max Schmeling, world champion, next June. See, recalling that Carnera was barred in New York, said that the fight might be held in Europe, England, Australia or Germany. If the United States does not want us we will leave, never to re- turn, he was quoted as saying. See expressed the opinion that the first man to fight Schmeling would win the championship. He went so far as to say that his protege could take on both Schmeling and Sharkey in one evening and was willing to bet that neither could last 10 rounds with Car- nera. He declared that no man today could take his fighter, declaring that he was too big and powerful. | Besides size, Carnera showed plenty of speed and form in an exhibition with | Louis Guglimini, former bantamweight | amateur champion of New York, at the wrestling show last night. It appeared | o the some 2,000 mat and ring fans assembled that See's opinion of his bat- tler had plenty of justification. After sparring with Guglimini, Car- nera went through a series of setting-up exercises, which showed his fine muscu- lar_development. Fans also got a kick out of the wrest- ling matches, Jimmy Bohrer and George Kiatti fought to & draw in 15 minutes, Doc Wilson stopped Henry Lamarque of Canada in 7V, minutes and Jim McMillan and Joe Hackenschmidt ;?!lled in a lively 30-minute tussle to a aw. SEABNIEAT TENN STAGE SEMIINALS IN WOMEN'S TENNIS Frances Krucoff, Champion, Is to Figure in Both Singles and Doubles. RANCIS KRUCOFF, defending champion, and Ruth Martines, public parks title holder, and Reba Kirson of Baltimore and Marywill Wakeford of Macon, Ga., were to face this afternoon in the singles semi-finals in the woman's District championship tennis tournament, on the Columbia Country Club courts. The former pair were to face at 3 o'clock and the latter two at 3:30 o'clock. Semi-finals in the doubles also were slated this afternoon, starting at § o'clock, along Wwith semi-finals in the consolation singles, beginning at 3 o'clock. Miss Kirson reached the singles semi- findl yesterday by defeating Josephine Dunham, City of Washington singles title holder, in_the first upset of the tournament. ‘The scores were 4—6, 6—3, 6—2, the Baltimorean gaining strength_as the battle progressed. Miss Krucoff dei:ited Mary Ryan, 6—0, 6—0; Mrs. Marunez took Louise Omwake to camp, 6—4, 6—4, and Miss Wakeford was a winner over Margaret Graham, 6—1, 6—1. « Semi-finalists in_the doubles are Mrs. Martinez and Frances Walker, who were to meet Dorothy Kingsbury and } Cecyle Raver, and Miss Krucoff and Miss Dunham, who were to have it out with Miss Wakeford and Mrs. Graham. Today’s pairings and yesterday’s sum- maries follow: PAIRINGS, SINGLES, Semi-finals. 3 p.m—Prances Krucoff vs. Ruth Mar- ;"5;5-: p.m.—Reba Kirson vs. Marywill Wake- ord. 5 p.m.—Marti bury and Raver: Wakeford and Gral CONSOLATIONS, Second Round. 9:30 a.m.—Connie Thom de Bouz: n vs. Mayeita vs. Clara winner of Semi-finals. 3 p.m.—Dorothy Kingsbury Tabler S p.m.—Betty Whitfield va. Thompson-De Souza match. arter finals—Reba Kirson defeated Jo- sepl hlr' Dunham, 4—6, 63, 6—2. Frances o e qeteated Lodise Omwa 5 e de B e ME Marywill Wakeford defeated Mar- Saret Graham, 61, 61 Doubles. - rter finals—Martinez and Walker de- fested Butler and Detwiler, 6-3. 6—4: Kru- coff and Dunham defeated Tabler and Ta. bler, 63, 6—3; Waki d Graham feated Ferry and Cochran, 6—32, 6—3: Kin| bury and Raver defeated Ryan and Or Consolation. —Dorothy Kingsbury defeated Kath- rine Knauss, © !‘l, 8,-0; Clara Tabler de ted Marion Butler, 6—3. 6—2; i hofenicd Ruth Laudick, 64, 6-2. MERCHANTS’ NETMEN TAKE BANKERS’ TITLE Merchants’ Bank & Trust Co. rack-. eters are the new champions of the Bankers' Tennis League and have an- nexed the coveted Cy's Trophy for the first time. The cup has been in com- tion since 1927, when it was won Riggs. District took it in 1928 and Metropolitan landed it in 1929. The mpmunbewfnmreefimu for per- manent possession. In winning 1930 laurels Merchants won 26 matches and lost just 1, that to Washington Loan & Trust Co. Riggs was second. In its last match Merchants defeated District, 3 to 0. Summaries: Singles—Callan (M.) defested Mullin, 6—1. 6—3; Linger (M.) defeated Ford, 61, N Doubles—Callan ahd Linger (M). defeated Mullin and Ford, 6—2, THREE CAPITAL NETMEN SCORE AT OCEAN CITY OCEAN CITY, N. J, August 1—Bob Considine and Tom Mangan of Wash- ington, Middle Atlantic doubles cham- pions, were to play in the second round today in the men’s Atlantic Coast tennis champlonships at the Ocean City Ten- nis Club. They won by default from Coppage and White, Atlantic Oity, yes- terday in the first round. Mangan, however, was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the singles yester- day by Bertram Hammell, Swarthmore College. The scores were 7—5, 6—1. Mangan _had beaten Martin Buxby, Miami, Fla., 6—2, 6—3, to advance the quarter-finals. Hugh McDiarmid of Washington, teamed with Hammell, won a second- round doubles match, but later was beaten in the third round. 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