Show Net Queen Alice Alke Marble Picks Young Muriel Magnuson as Success By JERRY BRONDFIELD NEA Service Writer CHICAGO June 14 Blond 14 Blond Muriel Muriel Muriel Mu Mu- riel Magnuson Just 15 has been playing tennis for only five years but she already Is on her way to the women's national singles tennis championship Not this year of course and probably not next but some day they'll measure her for the crown now worn by Alice Allee Marble Authority for the prediction Is is Miss Marble herself backed up by Eleanor leanor Tennant the veteran west I coast tutor who brought Alice Allee to the top of the heap to Miss Magnuson standing 5 feet 7 inches first came into prominence prominence prominence nence in 1938 when she won the Minneapolis girls' girls crown The following following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing week she won the junior title in a division the age limit of which was 16 Miss Magnuson followed that conquest by becoming the youngest senior singles of any large city in the country The Misses Tennant and Marble saw Miss Magnuson for the first time a few days ago in Minneapolis watched olis when the youngster Miss Marble perform and attended a clinic conducted by Miss Tennant It didn't take me 10 minutes to realize this somewhat awkward but extremely forceful girl was a af f future ture champion sa says s Miss Ten Ten- nant The most apparent thing about Muriel is her evident lack of coach coach- ing She won her titles mainly I believe by her athletic ability unusual unusual unusual un un- un- un usual in a girl She knows how to run how to move her arms in coordination with her feet She is loose and supple All she needs is the strokes I I have taken Muriel in hand 1 and Im I'm going to keep her there until she wins that national title Lack of coaching was the reason Muriel didn't get any too far Inthe in inthe inthe the national girls' girls tournament in 1938 and 1939 She had won the western junior but the nationwide nationwide nationwide nation nation- wide was too big a chunk to bite off without expert instruction Muriel never has been sick a aday aday aday day in her life says Miss Tennant She has the constitution for plenty I of tournament play P for a budding buddin cl m Miss Magnuson will como compe the national junior at thel thI delphia Cricket club August 5 2 21 Teach as her new and tutor is called doesn't say a i in so many words but a T Tei Te l coached product has a aon g POO d on any trophy before the ti I ment starts That's a big reason Why 10 e Magnuson is on ort her way |