Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-09-02 | Page 9 | Singles Meet Gets under Way

Singles Meet Gets Under W Way ay FOREST HILLS N. N Y Sept 2 21 F JP- JP An star all international field of 00 C I today opened fire on the national singles sin sin- tennis championship Ellsworth I Vines has held for the past two years Vines Vine himself despite a disastrous campaign both here and abroad ranked as 35 one of the four outstanding favorites along with big Frank Shields of New York unbeaten on ozi grass this year car Jack Crawford of ci Australia French and British champIon champlon champion cham cham- pion plon and Fred Perry of En England land whose smashing play at Auteuil enabled enabled enabled en en- en- en Great Britain to capture the Davis cup from France Twenty-six Twenty matches were on the opening da days day's s program so that the field might be cut to 64 6 for the s second see sec ond round on Monday Both Vines and Crawford drew first round byes bye and will see no action until Labor Laboi day but eight of the 20 players seeded In the domestic and foreign lists lIsts' were wert listed for competition Shields whose successive triumphs In the Hamilton Crescent-Hamilton Seabright Meadow Club and Newport tournaments tournaments ments earned him the No 2 place be behind behind behind be- be hind Vines in the American list tackled the time one-time Fordham ace E. E Ramey Donovan Perr Perry No 2 on the foreign list was to play Edward W. W Burns Jr of New York