| Show speaking of sports brightens U so tennis outlook by ROBERT NOT so sure of themselves today are the many calamity howlers bowlers who bade tearful farewell to the united states davis cup chances when J donald budge latter day scourge of the tennis courts turned pro it was a sad unhappy time for his millions of followers when budge succumbed to the lure of a a year guarantee amateur tennis in the united states they croaked dismally was all washed up budge was the only star worthy of the name the only man who could give this country a fighting chance for the greatest of all tennis honors the recent wimbledon Wimble don tournament gave the prophets of disaster a terrific setback bobby riggs americas no I 1 disciple of tennis defeated elwood cooke another yankee in the all american finals of En glands great court show the match was nip and tuck for five sets and then riggs won out riggs inherited the no I 1 position from J donald those experts who saw the wimbledon Wimble don matches declare that he is a much improved player the hard fought finals indicated that cooke is pretty close to being the no 2 ranking a W km pt BOBBY RIGGS great deal higher than he did a ye year ar ago when he was considered just another good tennis player twelve months ago elwood was not considered seriously as davis cup timber he was held in such low esteem that the brass hats did not think enough of him to send him across to england with miss marble miss jacobs mrs palfrey and riggs they gave him boat fare and told him to shift for himself riggs of course been listed as the greatest player who ever appeared at wimbledon Wimble don which is remarkable in that it was said about don budge fred perry and eusworth ellsworth vines it was also said about henri cochet bill thompson and tony wilding von cramm absent and it is also true that this years wimbledon Wimble don match left one thing to be desired baron gottfried von cramm who defeated riggs 61 6 1 60 6 0 at the queens club tournament is considered by many to be the best amateur of game von cramm did not play at wimbledon Wimble don another united states hopeful hopeb ul is is frankie parker remember hi him m A few years ago he looked to b be a a pretty good tennis player experts agreed that if frank could polish up his forehan dhe would be near the top but that forehand seem to acquire much polish several months ago experts were all for dropping him now comes reports from the west that parker has at last discovered himself his forehand has definitely improved going out to california he discarded his old style and worked out a new forehand in chicago frank won the national clay court championship then he teamed with gene mako to win vin the doubles from johnny doeg and wayne sabin both under consideration for davis cup action another thing that keeps davis cup enthusiasts from figuring too strongly on an american victory is the fact that australian players were occupied elsewhere and long ago australia was selected as the logical place to house the big eared davis cup however when riggs cooke et al start hammering the ball across the net anything can happen the boys might even win anyway where once before was only gi gloom and despair now comes through a ray of hopeful light america still has a good chance of annexing this years match a |
