The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-22

Ythe DOPE
WELL BALANCED MEET
By vEDDER GARD

~ trade and also Of tennis
tournaments. One outstanding
star spoils a meet. Every one
knows all along who is going to
win, but they keep kidding them
selves with the thought, Well,
something might happen"
The Western play at Wood
stock courts this week is not like
that. Any one of a half dozen ,
players have a good chance to
win. In other words, it is a
well-baIanced tournament and an
interesting one.
In the upper half Of the bracket
the seeded players are Brian l. c.
Norton, the highest ranking star
in the meet. He is No. 8 in the
national ratings. When he is "on"
he is "a sensational performer
none much better.
With the former South African
Davis cup METER in the top bracket
are Lucien Williams of Chicago,
No. IL, in national rank-a star of
the first magnitude, and George
Lott, the young Chicago sensation.
Lofts rank is No. IL nation
ally and No. 1 in the West. Ju-
lius Sagaiowsky, State i~ntercOl-
Iegiate champ, is the other one.
The top half appears to be the
tougher.
In the lower bracket is found
Johnny Hennessey of this city.
Many believe he has an excellent
chance to win the title. He VIII
have to hustle for the honor.
There Is no doubt of that.
Johnny's chief contention in
the lower section of the draw Is
Alfred HI. Chaplin, ranked No.
13, nationally. Chaplin won the
Missouri Valley title last Sun
day.
other seeded players in the
lower bracket are Berkeley Bell of
Austin, Texas, an excellent junior
player Of real promise, and Paul
Kunke1 Of Cincinnati, who showed
in his match Monday that he is a
strong, versatile racquet wielder.
From all indications it appears
as though Hennessey will meet
Chapin In the semi-finals. Nor
ton viii have to dispose of Will
Eanns and Lott to reach the
championship match. 1t is no
easy task.
r7LFRED H. CHAPLIN ar
Va rived for the tourney on
e Monday, but was excused
from playing the first day by Off
Gals because Of his long train ride
and his strenuous efforts on Sun
day when he won the Missouri
Valley meet by defeating Wray
Brown, GA, 81. 3,6, 6-3.
The Chapins, Mr.. and Mrs.,
cleaned up in the Missouri Val
ley. Mrs. Chaplin won the wom-
ems singles and, paired with Mar
guerite Davis, copied the wom-
ems doubles.
If some of the younger play
ers would pep up a little they
might make a better showing.
Too many of them get the idea
into their heads that they are
going to be eliminated IN the
first round, and play just that
way.
Tennis is a fighting game like
any other sport contest. Some
of the kids lose with too much
good grace. One can be a good
sportsman and still battle to the
last point. Think it over.
TRAIN I. G. NORTON Of
X tennis fame has nothing
~ whatever to do with any
railroad, although he travels extern
sively. Those middle initials, 81.
c." do not stand, for Illinois Cen
trail. It is a rather difficult task
to keep Norton located.
The last time he appeared here
he was from st. Louis. This time
Il 10 San Antonio, Tex. He was
in Maimi, Fla, or. excuse us,
Coral Gables, If you please, last
winter. Originally he represented
South Africa in Davis Cup play.
He juggles his places of abode like
he does the tennis balls.
And, by the way, his f1oppy hat
was missing on Monday. Surely
he hasn't discarded that mark Of
distinction.
Another member Of the Kunkel
family of Cincinnati has made an
appearance in the Western tour
ney here. Raymond has been here
before, but Paul also showed up
for the meet this week. He ap-
pears to be an excellent player and
was honored by the committee in
charge by being seeded in the
draw.
-IERKELEY BELL of Austin,
Texas, ranked No. 5 in the
- national junior tennis rat
ings, looks at least that good. In
fact, he is one of the best young
sters we ever saw on the courts.
He is a slight, stoop-shouldered
lad, deeply tanned by the southern
sun. He handles a racquet like a
veteran. 1t is likely that Hennes-
sey will be his opponent in a
fourth-round encounter.
To show that the youth can not
be taken lightly, he won a set in
an exhibition with B. /. G. Norton
Monday. Bell won the junior singles
in the Missouri Valley meet Sun
day.
HARD TO DISLODGE
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