Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-04-02 | Page 13 | Tennis Long Way from Golf So Far as Open Play is Concerned

Tennis Long Way From Golf So Far as Open Play Is Concerned Links Pros Could Beat Amateurs, While Tennis Ten-nis Simon Pures CouTd Wallop Instructors Br ALAN GOULD I NIJW TOIXK. April I AP Open lenala champianslilie, openly arrived at, hare been dealt a knockout knock-out wallop for the present hv the International l-an Tennl. Kedera. tlon. which vetoed the American proposal lo Irgallse them. Although th II. H. U T. A. felt It de. alrable aa a progreeetve forward step, no great amount of grief will be manliest In thia country or elae. where over the aituallon. Tennla la at ill a long way from golf, ao far aa open rhampmnahlpa ara concerned. There la neither any great demand (or them or need. Thla I chiefly pecaita tennl professionals. pro-fessionals. Individually or as a clou, do not compare with the gulf pro-feaatooa pro-feaatooa la In competitive nk ill or oppnrtunllira to drmonatrule It. llobby Jones, an amateur, la the open golf king. Oulmet, Travrre and hvana alao beat all-coniera In the national upon tournament. Tennla, with the escepllon of two men Karl Koselult of Ceochn-slnvakla and Vincent lllrharda ol Ih l'nlt'l Htatra-e-hae few, If any profeaaion. ale who could hold their on with a member of the world amateur "flrat trn" or. perhapa. even th American "flrat ten." which now la at a lower level thin In aonictlme. RICHARDS BEST PRO In abort, profeaalonal tennla does not develop compclitlie atara. ftich. arda. tha beat American pro. la purely n amateur product. If any. thing, pru tennla dulla tha imliwd-ual imliwd-ual a playing ok III. Profeaelotial g"U haa Juat lha opposite elfct. Tha prufesalonal dominate com-pet com-pet Hive golf aa a rlaaa. except where tha able Mr. Jonea la concerned. con-cerned. Th reverse a true of ten-nla, ten-nla, where the amaleura would take at least eight of the flrat ten places In aay world ranking. Ilnrlon Wmllh. One taratrn. Waller llagrn. Leo liirgel, Johnny Karrell and Tummy Artnoor probably prob-ably would overwhelm any ball dosen amateur golfera In a team match, even by spotting Ji.nea to the almon-porea. On the other hand, no alx tennla proa could coi with a group Including lcoate. Cnchrt. Tlldcn. Hurotra. Haxa.la and Hunter. Hunt-er. Thla la Intgely apcculatlve but the raa scenta clear.