| Show N 01 I 1 0 now new york tork pt post service atsy grant alone supplies thrills to modern tennis PERHAPS it is because little guys 1 must mast stick together or get stuck by an unappreciative world anyhow the word picture that was to be painted here is an all jumbled up every time I 1 try to daub the paper with some pretty phrase concerning the flame tipped racquets of such tennis genii as helen jacobs and fred perry the result somehow comes out differently somehow I 1 always come up with the sharp outlines of a fighting gentl gentleman ernan from georgia bitsy gran it is a most distressing situation after witnessing the national championship pion ship at forest hills a while back I 1 got loaded with all sorts of other information I 1 know that the tall blonde alice marble has enough strokes to win a title but that she has not yet achieved the proper match temperament I 1 can gab with the best of the experts about donald budges equipment I 1 can tip off one of those anti perspiration companies that they have a good prospect irk in perry I 1 can argue why the worst tournament in years brought out the best crowds I 1 can suggest that t b a t was because bebau S e the celebrated 9 gentleman antle conducting the affair introduced some new performers for a change I 1 know that mrs bitsy grant liolla mallory is almost as active as a spectator as she was as a player and that she tried sitting on nine different chairs in the course of 73 75 ini minutes during one afternoon but still theres the gent from georgia I 1 can wise up the gents who dont go to tennis matches too that they are missing something that although tennis no longer seems to i turn out such excitable sisters as mile lenglen the girls are f far a r prettier than they were a few sea i sons ago its polite to applaud other fellows error 1 I know that tennis still is the only sport where the polite thing to do is to applaud some unfortunate fellows error I 1 suspect that it I 1 were a linesman and one of the boys or girls tossed a point just to show what he or she thought of my bad judgment id hand him or her a couple of the best where it would do the most good 1 I know that helen jacobs wears a gold chain on her left wrist while playing and that miss marble is adorned with a brist vrist watch if I 1 were miss pedersen I 1 would wear shorts that did not bag around my knees if I 1 were one of those khaki clad stalwarts stal warts who seem to do nothing all day long save take down nets and then put them up again id come out swinging swin ing a racquet some day just to see what would happen to the frozen faces of the elect I 1 know that frankie parker needs a long rest so that hat he can get in such physical shape that he no longer needs to waft over those soft serves I 1 know that the ball boys get paid 75 cents a match and that some of them make as high as 25 during the tournament I 1 suspect that nose specialists who see sec the way perry keeps his mouth open while playing immediately begin squirming because they want to operate on that long beak tor for adenoids aden I 1 but as has been mentioned before such items leave me cold until waning strength and big bill tilden finally took the play away from him and he retired I 1 used to go to tennis affairs to watch a frail little guy named bill johnston tennis did not seem then as too often since a dead panned comedy of manners instead pulses ever strummed strummer strum med faster while that blazing inner urge with which few humans are blessed made little bills scrawny muscles perform the impossible now for all that I 1 would not give one dodger doubleheader double header for all the tennis of the season I 1 again am willing illing to pay day to get into the park tennis Is a game where tall strong and rangy men ever will meet with most success and bitsy grant probably would have to stand on tiptoes tiptoed to look rabbit babbit Maran vUle in the eyes yet but come to think of it may oe that really is why I 1 like lik s to watch this ibis tiny gee NOT IN THE BOX SCORE N NOT OT a soul seems to have noted that princeton football professor fritz crisler is wearing specs for foi the first time this autumn could there be any to the gossip that pie traynor will be elevated to an office berth and ro rogers ers hornsby will become managed manager ol of the pirates that world series gold will be appreciated by joe glenn of the yankee catching department A little joe is due almost any day now jack ogden the former swarthmore swarthmore warth moro more collegian who has busi ness managed the orioles so capably that baltimore again is a good baseball town would bear watching by big time basketball promoters the university of baltimore five which he coaches during the winter is composed mainly of new york boys and might make a very good garden or hippodrome attraction yale undergraduates who were very vexed a few springs ago because johnny broaca now of the yankees would not wear out his arm for the alma komsie Morn sie now have a similar peeve his coach at andover said that prec little was the best schoolboy end he had ever seen but prec just cant be bothered with coming out tor for the ell eli squad ball players say the real reason why that young cincinnati team did so well this year is that most of the hitting fielding and pitching was supplied by kiki cuyler ernie erme lombardi lombard tommy babe herman paul derringer and one or two others who just missed voting for lincoln one of giant secretary eddie Br annicks proudest memories is that in 1918 he won 27 from various giants by betting he could stand on the left field foul foal line at baker bowl and throw a ball over the center field fence the heave traveled more than feet and cleared the high wall of the philly park with plenty to spare why shakespeare heaving heavin pro passes bill shakespeare is not heaving pro passes this year because he has too swell a job as assistant to the secretary F of a railroad 1 that celebrated d weekly magazine which last year fell for the bookie blarney that the pari are unbeatable should look up a citizen n named a m e horace paul whis whis have it that he would run a mile bill before investing a shakespeare nickel in a track book but that he reaps a fortune each season playing against the machines although his football teams do not always elate syracuse old grads coach vie vic hanson is tops with the town kids that is because because he operates a childrens summer camp on the lake outside the city lou ambers believes that one reason why he performed so capably while winning the lightweight title recently is that he finally learned to relax before a bout he used to be so restless that he would wander about town or go from movie to movie on the afternoon when he had an important bout coming up this time he went to bed and really slept luck has played a miserable trick on a fordham youngster the boy is the best passer on the ram football squad but his eyes have failed so badly that he cannot pick out his targets and has even worse luck on pass defense frank crosetti and arndt jorgens of the yankees do their best to see that 1 mr ir rockefeller gets along all right each fair evening they can be found eating in style and out of doors in in his radio city sunken gardens cardinal first baseman rip collins is one of the most diligent of autograph signers he never refuses although he has been one of the most successful photo photographers of race horses tor for 35 years C C cook seldom bets on the ponies A thought thou glit that should be preserved was uttered long ago by rudolph spreckels the multi mil leonaire lio and sugar king talking to a young bettor who had more hopes than money he inquired how can you expect to bring up a family on horses noses it is somewhat out of line with the quoted statement of mr herbert bayard swope in a town where 2 to 5 favorites so often meet with misfortune the racing commission chairman is quoted as saying that the 17 races aces never ruined anybody players say the real trouble with babe dahlgren the nifty fielder who k 0 will get another chance at the bed sox first sack next season is cs not weak hitting bitting lie he thinks imong wrong and not often enough they testify A very pretty feud will have some more innings it if jocko coulon conlon is added to the american league umpiring staff next year lie he and lou gehrig never could get along if jack dobson son of the maryland coach did not have a knee injury which probably will prevent him from playing again army might be displaying another all america back pampero seems to be a lucky name for argentine ponies jack nelson who sold a big brown with that name to winston guest in 1931 now has a similarly tagged s small mal I 1 chestnut he expects to peddle for plenty |
