Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-24
Rapid DEVELOPMENT

i''''' Ai'l''iN4t ld' Us iIf lNIfNItT nt
young, players which are coming up
around the city.
Rapid Development
For several years sidney Thayrr. ken
meth kennedy Jack Disstou and Josapb
howland have been ecoguized as PLAYERS
of ability. and their DEVELOPMENT has ba,p
rapid and marked. but there is vet an
other group, younger STILL who must he
considered. These include. first ROY r.
tofiin, OF Germantown Cricket club iH,
most promising of all our Kids
Collin is ouy u, vet has stood uu AGAINST
inc strain uf tournament play very well.
His game Is very well rounded one.
haNiLg an exceeding good fOrchnud drive.
which he hits with good pace. he vollo,s
wei and is fair overhead. lie has certain
weaknesses, his service being crr1tic and
his backhand lacl.ng severity. Vet
these arc not Roy's worst .auIts lie
does not seem to be able to grasp the fact
that TO succeed one must work. and he
Ioats on the court, often losing matches
which by concentration and eNertIon Cand
perspiratiom he could win. Unless this
fault is remeded at once it may ruin an
otherwise excellent game. His game is
the best boys game in the city, yet his
carelcssness may prove fatal to success.
Junior Players
lahN silh d|SNIht OF lIllNUElIhid
Cricket club. Junior city champion. is the
next boy to require consideration. CAS-
sard makes UP I'm love of the game and
desire to win what Coffin has in strokes
Cassard has a really beautiful vollev
game and an exceedingly good overhead,
but his ground game Is very weak, and
unless he can get to the net he loses
confidence and will often beat himself.
His game has great possibilities and is
open to development.
There is one thing he must work out
for himself, and that is confidence from
the back court; given that and he will be
very hard TO beat lie Is young, being
nearly a year younger than Coffin, and
should show q marked Improvement next
year, provided he win work on his weak
nesses.
10 Eecfe. Of Cyuwyd. is a boy with an
exceedingly pretty game IN all depart
ments simply thrown away owing to his
poor temperament lie makes the mistake
of glooming over his own mistakes and
grouChing over the other mans good
shots Ga thing no one should ever do, al
ways give credit for them and the result
Is he ruins his own game. Correct this
fault and Joe will prove an exceedingly
clever tennis player.
There Is one other boy who needs to
conquer his temper before he Is worthy
Of consideration. but once he does there H.
practically no end to his possibilities, since
he has every shot In tennis He is George
H. Thornton. of Wayne, a student at st,
LulSc's School. Pat" as his friends call
him, has every requisite Of a great player
except sense enough not to lose his tenn
per. look to see him Il real star In two
years. The same Is true of Raymond
Kennedy, Of Franlsford High School.
The following boys-Straw wbridgc. OF
Philadelphia; Marston. Walsh, Casey and
others-whilc good for kids, do not look
like real contendcrs for future cham
They may develop far more
than it looks now. aud we offer them an
our support and good wishes
OF the boys under 1G. the best bet ap-
pears to he sam Pcnnock. OF Penn Char
ter, "A boy with a remarkable collection
OF shots and an ideal temperament for
tennis. Other good kids in the same class
are Myers, of Penn Charter; Hcadley
Harper, of Episcopal; Rodney Beck, Louis
Smith, Thomas NisCher and David Beard,
Of Germantown Academy, aud Fisher, of
Iynwyd The outlook for our tennis sea-
son. il the clubs viii ever quit scrappinE
and develop our young players, is cN-
reedingly bright,
The cooperation of clubs, schools and
players will make Philadelphia factor OF
greatest Importance in the tennis world.
but only by that can We become so.