New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-16
Heels NeverTOuCh Ground
Approaches et.with
Cyclonic Dash.
WINDMILL SPURTS
FEATURE HIS PLAY
Untiring In Energy and Seems
Destined TO Attain Higher
Ranking Next Year.
Nv LANES 6. O'NEALE.

Tn. ostrich does not make nest.
The bird LAYS its eggs on the desert
sand. Twenty eggs or more are oileh
hatched together
When YOU next sec the lanky George
Movers Church. ninth IN the United
states tennis ranking. stepping ginger
" around on the court. just think that
he is trying 10 avoid stepping on scores
OF ostrich eggs.
Churchs most prominent character
is,jcs, TO a tennis gallery, he IN the
rhvsical ones Of his funny toe-tread-
his heels never touch the ground ana
the windmill fashion with when ms
long arms and legs dash full-speed Tor
the net on everything Church IS the
most persistent net cro"der IN inc
country. even If he isn't Callfornlah'
His walk is famous IL mas beeh
christened the egg dodger. the GIN
rerbread tread" and innumersOIe IN
promptu names. II deserves them al
Church appears TO be built not ohIy
Ike a string, but on strings CAe
string is pulled. and up he goes on ms
right toe. On the next tug OF q
string ND he goes on the other toe
His heels are az useless as verml-
form appendix.
Flies Around OOuIt.
The ostrich comparison may legiu-
r,atelv be carried much further, even
though George Meyers c. Is New
Yorker and has not the habitat OF Ait
"a. Ostriches cannot fly. but they can
run untiringly with great speed
Church surpasses the bird here, De
csuse his windmill spurts around the
court sometimes make him appear 10
lie flying. ..-;.l
Bv careful measurement OF osuleh
gootmarks. il mas been ascertained tnHI
the bird may sometimes hop, step, or
Jump no less than twenty-elgnt iee''
Church's long legs appear TO give MN
a thin edge on the ostrich, and II is on
record that when the Princeton men
Invaded California this winter the ohIy
ostrich that saw him perform oleu
within A week. presumably OF envy. =.
4 fully grown male ostricn IS taIler
than most tall men. but not Church'
His height and reach combine to MAKE
his unrelenting net attack doubly et-
fect We. Trusting TO his speed ana ms
reach. Church takes more chances on
CHARGING 70 the net on short balls that
should enable his opponent TO pass MN
nan anv man living. His audacious
-OrcNS often IAJ v VIC OsANA --'-'-
,rat;nc returns that can be murdered.
so that on most Of his charges Church
collects on delivery.
Church works desperately hard at all
lines. winning or losing. He plays Ike
a niston AZ full speed, and II Is this
constant striving that. in the opinion
Of exper, Judges, will result this season
IN the best he has ever HAD, despite tae
fact that his ranking last year was TWO
positions lower than in 1914
An unexpected, in measure. deIeat
bv Watson NJ. Washburn at Forest hl!l
last sumner and Church's own sensa-
,.onal victory over r. Norris W iiilsms;
% make the differences IN the Ne"
orker's ranking. III
when an ostrich is running at full
speed it takes most wonderful stree IS,
its toes scarcely touching the ground as
- hastens along intent on important
business. Church uses similar speed
md form 70 dart closer to the net tnan