Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-08-21 | Page 11 | 19-Year-Old Bobby Riggs Hopes for No. 2 Ranking

ICoiirt Comer By Pap'i ,tirVr Si "! OLD MATIOAJAL. CLAV Jmrni' -i'il' eouar CHAMPION rs JLrjti' SPOT. ?-r BAM0 com Budge: At4 A'Cftlt MtJ IMAutxitUMrifM 19-Year-01d Bobby Riggs Hopes for No. 2 Ranking NEWPORT, R. I- Aug. II (API Don Budge, world amateur tennis ace, won the historic Newport Casino tournament for the second time In three years today by defeating one of America's most promising youngsters, 19-year-old Bobby Rltgs of Los Angeles, 6-4, -8, t-1, . By Associated Press Bobby Riggs has no illusions about the No. 1 tennis ranking in U. S. amateur competition as long as Don Budge remains in the simon pure ranks, but the 19-year-old Los Angeles netter is deter- mined on gaining the INo. Z post.' Riggs became the nineteenth holder of th Seabright ainglea challenge bowl when Wilmer Allison, Alli-son, former U. S. singles and doubles dou-bles champion, was forced to default de-fault in the final round due to an injury sustained in his semifinal match with Frank Shielda. Bobby Confident Riggs waa disappointed when informed in-formed that Allison would not meet him at Seabright. He realised it would be th beat possible experience experi-ence to face Allison across th nets. With the Davis cup back in ths U. S.. Riggs is confident he will be on th team that defenda th trophy next year. That ia hia ambition. There isn't a chance of his turning professional even a tM.OOO offer wouldn't tempt him for a long time to come. H i completely sold on amateur tennis. He haa don fairly well thia year. Ha haa won eight tennia titles, losing only on th Utah state final to Joe Hunt. Let ef Tennis He ha seen enough of the amateur ama-teur (port this season to know whether or not h like it. He left hi horn in California in May to motor east tor the Davia cup try-outs try-outs at Forest Hills, N. T. Since then he has taken ths New England championship, the national clay court title, the Tristat tournament, the Fox River Invitation, the Colorado Colo-rado state till and th Seabright challenge bowL He reached th peak of hi form in th semifinal round at Seabright when he downed Jiro Yamagishi, Japanese champion and Davia cup star. He is pointing for the runner-up runner-up berth in th U. 3. singles.