Show Frank Shields Called j Jack Sharkey of Tennis f S Owen From Santa Clara Clara- f. f By DAN PARKER v N New w York ork Mirror Minor Sports Writer Francis Xavier Shields 15 is the Jack Sharkey of tennis tonnis One always suspects ts the tall tail handsome young man Is on the verge of ot accomplishing something big but like e the Imminent and I dont don't me mean n eminent t Mr Sharkey he never gets farther than the verge The verge in this particular in in- stance was the q quarter arter fin finals of the the I United States mens men's singles championship cham at al the West Wesl Side Side Tennis clubs club's stadium at F Forest rest Hills No one thought Shields would go 10 out out- before the semifinals when it would have been blen his his fate fate to to m meet et Faultless Freddie Old Fruit Emit scion of the London Perrys But on a day when he himself was far off oft his game game it was his further misfortune to be opposed by a resolute young South African southpaw who if Jl he didn't play far over his head has bu been greatly under The Boer in question is isa a 23 year old insurance broker named Vernon VernonG G G. G Kirby known to his Bob born in Durban South Africa Afric but for the past 18 months an adopted Londoner F Fair ir haired 5 feet 6 Bob learned to play tennis on on his home town courts which of ot a peculiar composition of clay mixed with ant heaps Some of the courage and industry o of the builders of the heaps seems to have been c communicated corn com m. m to young Mr Kirby Kirb He says he never expected to beat Shields but like the a ant t k kept pt plugging plugging plugging plug plug- ging along and finally succeeded He has been a member of the South African Af Al- rican Davis cup team for four years and reached the q quarter finals at I Wimbledon this summer Frank Frank- Shields met Big Bill Tilden after his elimination at Wimbledon early earb in the summer and asked him I Will Vill you teach me how bow to play tennis tennis ten I Inis nis when wet vet get home borne Ill be glad to to son replied Large William magnanimously magnanimous It wo would ld be a good Idea for Frank to start t taking his lessons at MARVIN OWEN Detroit's young I third sacker comes from S Santa nta Clara university the Jesuit institution near San Jose that turns out so many good ball players Out o on the coast H they ey say Owen Oven is Santa Claras Clara's b best st baseball baseball base base- ball baU product since three decades back a young lad named Hal Ch Chase left leU its cloist cloistered red halls hails to set the American league e afire Owen unlike his illustrious illustrious illus illus- 1 if somewhat notorious predecessor predecessor cessor is a young man of ot model habits He doesn't smoke or drink and every payday he sends half his salary home to his mother Incidentally Incidentally Incident Incident- ally the brilliant Chase now works for a mcager salary as a garage attendant attendant attendant at at- in Tucson Aria Ariz |