The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-09-25
NEWBERRY TENNIS GOSSIP
BY A. Frank.

good people seem to verify delight
themselves in the great fame Of ten
nis,-we think it might be interesting
to the general public to know just
about "Who's who, and why. Truly
it delighted our hearts to see the
interest and enthusiasm that has been
shown by so many aspirants to tennis
honors,-and it is particularly graft
flying to see so many promising play
ers among the youngsters.
First and foremost should be men
toned one of the 'Fold gaurds, who
is prone to refer to the time when his
hair was PLENTIFUL and mis- weight
light-and his game fast and furious.
We re.er to none otaer than Chimeri-
cal Douglas Weeks. Weeks has a
banck-hand stroke, on return, that is
the despair of all young players who
dare tackle him,-and it might be said
that Sir Douglas uses this stroke with
telling effect against some Of US older
PLAYERS. Also, his 'cut" is good. eve
do not refer to the cut of mis- hair)
It has been noticed, however, by his
opponents, that, when Sir Douglas be-
comes short of wind,-one of his shoes
obligingly becomes united and when
this gentleman under discussion gets
unusually short of wind,-not only
does he stop to tie his shoe,-but also
pauses to 'fwipe his specs" On the
whole, though, Weeks is one Of the
best in town, and is a true lover Of
good, clean sport. Even so.
A player who has shown decided
Improvement, since the beginning of
the season,-and who now plays a
good game, is Hilarious Herman
Wright. CHI for short) 1t is next
to impossible to slip one past him
when in doubles, he stands guard at
the net. In fact, his reach is pro-
digious, and ne uses 1T with telling
effect. 1t should be mentioned, though,
that when geared in high speed, and
headed toward one side Of the court,
'Hi'' finds it extremely difficult to
put on brakes and reverse himself.
And when he finds that some Of the
balls are irressistibly attracted by
the net,-and some others go "out, y
this tall specimen utters sounds close
" sembling an infuriated male goat,
all of which is very much to the de-
light and entertainment of all those
present. His subtle wit is the joy of
our hearts,-and he is a jolly good
fellow and an enthusiast.
Bouncing Bud Bowers! We almost
grew nervous at the mere mention
of his name! CTo the uninitiated, he
is known as A. Jackson, or Jack.)
Without fear of successful contradic-
ton, we make the simple and unadorn-
most scientific players in these parts.
In short, ne uses his head, Tin more
ways than one.) Bouncing Bud Bow
ers and Braying Bob Allen make a
great pair. In confidence, (and We
hope it will never reach t2eir ears),
each of these redoubtable combatants
secretly believes that when in good
form he can possibly manage to win
over the other at singles. We sail
leave this as a point of honor between
them,-for far be it from US to ex-
press an opinion on such deep sub
especially since Bouncing Buds
hair has Of late become visible, even
to the unaided eye. (In this connec-
ton, we hereby promise an interesting
story, in our next article,-concernln3
a horrible conspiracy instigated by the
fertile brain o. Sir Douglas, and later
adopted by Sir Jackson. This will be
interesting reading. Jack is a crack
ing good player and will always make
things extremely interesting to any
person desiring fast game of ten
mis-. Jack is quite fond of "love"
game.
Next in our discourse We come to
Braying Bob Allen,-a light-Eooted
young mountaineer, whose racket cr,
courts is second only to the racket
he raises in several of our more for
tunate homes and churches. R. E. is
an addition to any club and terror
to any heart that has had the forti-
tude to oppose him,-wnich reminds
US of an inquiry Of recent date from
his outlaw (Allen) relatives in Vir-
ginia as to why he failed to stop
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