Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-12-20 | Page 27 | Scribe Doubts Davis Cup Tam Nees Wet Nurse

Scribe Doubts Davis Cup Team Needs Wet Nurse By HENRY 1 Unit United cd Press Staff Correspondent V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Dec Dee 20 Taking 20 Taking advantage of the winter sports lull Sidney B. B Wood tennis internationalist h has s come out strongly for a Davis cup captain who has been through the heat of the white flannel wars It is Sidney's opinion that the United States never will regain the cup until captains who teach theory are replaced by I captains who teach fact He suggests Bill Tilden or Vinnie Richards For the life lire o of us we wo cant can't see sec seewhy why the United States Davis Davi cup squad needs any leading while whiTe abroad It would be nice to have havea a a. captain to arrange for transportation transports tion tend to th the luggage and pay payI the hotel bill but what would be his I value as a teacher The argument for tor it a captain who ho hohas has had Davis cup experience is that he lie knows the actual 1 playing conditions and would be able to counsel his men Well if our players dont don't know V those things themselves by now they should be given F- F Fon on their report cards and sent homo borne to help mother They've been over there enough times to know all the answers Alison Allison Al Al- ison lison and Wood and Van Ryn have played abroad almost as much as asat asat asat at home They certainly shouldn't need any pointers on how v to pl play Y the opposition If It Fred Perry Bunny Bunny Bun Bun- ny nr Austin Pat Hu Hughes hes Roderich Menzel and Baron von Cramm still have havo lave styles which puzzle our players play play- ers then we might as well give our players up as hopeless and direct their talents into new and simpler fields We Ve remember the case o of Frank Shields and Captain R R. Norris Williams WitHams Wit Wll- Hams iams last year A week or so before before be before be- be fore the cup play Captain Williams suggested to Frank that his backhand backhand backhand back back- hand would be improved 1 If he would step into the tho ball bail more Frank changed his backhand nd stylo style in practice practice tiC tice and his game gamo quickly im Im- mi- mi proved All hands were delighted Then came the match and after only a gamo Iamo or two Frank Fronk was hitting off bi his backhand nd in his old style stylo Which means ne ns ho he wasn't hitting off oft It It worth a I. I d durn rn When you ou are arc playing Perry J Jn in n a Davis cup match you dont don't have hae time timo timeto to think about your our shots They're automatic or or else Our idea a of the perfect Davis cup captain is a n. rich old duffer who would be willing to pick u up all the 1 checks Copyright 1 1935 by United Press I