Arizona republican., 1916-09-18

the smart set of practically every big city in the country who were visitors at the springs, were seated about the lmpromptu ring. Time went by and the champion did not appear. The nlitnager of the hotel became nervous and telephone calls were sent with ont success. A half hour passed. No elsh. Then scouts were sent out. The audience had been waiting an hour
 Finally one of the scouts ran across the champion. He was wandering in . ieisurely way along one of the shad- ed streets of the city. In his arms he carried Betty. his little two and half year old daughter. and he was amusing her by stopping at the show windows of the stores along the way.
 Good heavens, Freddie, gasped the scout. there Ire three hundred women been waiting over an hour for you to show uD"
 "oh. am late?" unconcernedly asked Freddie I've just finished giv- ing Betty her bath"
 Sydney A Marvin. who generally is | credited with having much to do in developing the tennis champions of California, attaches great importance on handicap tournaments for bringing championship material to light. Youngsters who are learning the game eSencouraged to enter tour naments against better players when l they figure that they have a chance | Of winning.
 Marvin stimulated play hy organiz- | ing boys' tennis clubs wfth the han dieap tournament as one of its fun damentals. By this not only was the poorer player constantly on edge to overcome the handicap and did not permit of his loafng
 1 The first of ihe clubs was organized | in 1908 and among the members was Maurice Mclaughlin, the former na a- tional champion considered by many to have been the most spectacular player that ever stepped on a court ani for which reason he was dubbed The Comet" In speaking of this club. Mir. Marvin says:
 From the beginning the boys have taken an active part in the control anl have made success certain. have merely played the part Of man ager The president and secretary and other officers have invariably be- come personages varying in years from I2 to 17. Sometimes but moi often a veteHn of l9 has held office
 The boys have proved as efficient
 In the council chamber as they have on the courts. and some of the dis.
 cussions are little less than the boiled down essence of tennis wisdom
 Undue elation over victory or des-
 pair over defeat are cured in tn,
 heart-to- heart talks in our clubroom
 Tournaments of all kinds. witt l emphasis on the handicap event, arr | all fn hn ri n taf
 encouraging to the beginner The,
 have been our staple food
 The hoys learn more from con
 stantlv ciasing in keen. stern contest:
 than they possibly could from book
 or verbal instruction. Mel oughlis
 once told me that he never played
 game without picking up useful tenni knowledge. no matter how unskilfu his opponent might be- One does no
 have to tell a boy Of that kind much
 He Is learning all the time
 Followers of the game Of roqu have been discussing the form showi hy twelve-year- r-old Bernardin Currie
 in the Missouri valley championshil f roque tournament recently held Il
 Kansas City. and his remarkable ex
 hibltion has elicited much favorabl f comment.
 ? Currier has the unusual distinction
 of having made a perfect score of F
 points in one of his games Hi driving was considered the best eve seen one the Kansas City court. H
 made two home runs, a feat seldon i accomplished even by veterans. Youn
 Currier defeated some of the bes
 players in the middle west. headin - the second division.
 , Among the boys victims was B. W e s. Schultz. his grandfather. an exper who taught him the game. 5 The star athlete in any form c
 sport attains that distinction onl 9 through hard and conscientious worl ! The man who achieves athletic dis 9 tinction through latent ability alon 8 Is rare exception. This Is the opin 1 ion held by Eddie Mahan, forme z Harvard University football star, con I sidered by many to be the best playe @ ever seen on the gridiron and no, $ coaching the backfield of the Uni z versity of California.
 Mahan is interested in Sunda g school work and in a recent addres -----------