Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-03-04 | Page 14 | 10,000 Sheep Required Each Year to Keep Greg Mangin in Racquets

Sheep Required Each Year i To Keep Greg Mangin in Racquets 1 1 j J M NEW YORK March 4 AP It AP-It It takes sheep a year to toke toke ke u n Gregory Man Mangin in in tennis racquets Mangin gin three times y winner whiner of the the e national indoor tennis championship championship cham charm and seeker after his fourth ti title le I is 13 the games game's most prolific r racket c et consumer and that's wh why the sheep raisers profit The Newark N. N J. J champion Uses an average of ot 48 rackets racket a aye ye year and arid usually has ha each r strung twice wl e- e I It takes 30 sheep to provide provide pro pro- vide de the gut for one string and two strings are are required for each tennis bat As As' a matter of f simple mathematics that means means about sheep for one player Cost 1150 Each De Delving ving further into statistical matters Mangin's rackets racket frame and stringing cost him hint 1150 each That t amounts to 2 a year With each each ach at GO the work cf of f fixing up those thoe 48 rackets costs cost I I more for a grand total of f 1176 Theres a reason for it It explained explained ex ex- Stephen J J. Feron Jr who has the task of ot keeping Mangin supplied Greg requires that the gut be strung tighter than any other player because he says he needs a hard surface to bring of off volleys 0 II ey at the tho net His rackets racket are strung with almost 90 per cent of the full of the gut So you can say when he uses them they're at the breaking point Hes He's easily the the games game's biggest racket consumer Is Stock Broker Broke Regardless o of the effect his racket rack rack- et consumption has on the mortalIty mortality mortality mortal mortal- ity rate for sheep Mangin can stand the financial strain Hes He's a successful stock broker Get that straight cautioned Greg Stock broker not stock tock stockyard stockyard yard broker Dr Eugene of Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago can explain the effect of the tight stringing plus Mangin's ability to swing awing one of his numerous numer ous rackets with deadly effect m met t the sheep raisers' raisers friend yesterday when Mangin was wasat wasat wasat at the very peak of his game and lost 6 2 6 Ever since we were juniors Ive I've played against Greg for 12 years said And you youcan youcan ou can take tako it from me mo Greg has never played better Hes He's Just as fast as ever and will take a lot of b beating J