New Britain herald., 1927-08-18
Tennis PLAYERS
need DISCIPLINE
Miss Browne Urges Spirit Of
Good Fellowship
BY MARY K BROWNE
Omitted Press Correspondent

Rye, N. T., Aug. IS (UP)-(Copy-
right by United Press) - There are
plenty of tennis bones to be picked
and they are not being overlooked
by the ravenous.
The press is picking on the Davis
cup selection committed The UNI
pires are picking on the galleries.
The officials pick on the camera
men. The players pick" at each
other.
1t is great show for an outsider
feel like a kid who has found a
nicely located knot hole in the fence
around the ball park. l can peek
! without being pecked.
There is nothing made without two
sides. My failing has always been
| can too easily see the other fell
lows point of view.
Take for example the Davis cup
trials and tribulations matches. They
may be severely criticised but they
are absolutely essential in fostering
the right cooperation from the ris-
ing players.
Men like Tilden and Johnston have
earned the right to dictate. Those in
the position Of Lott. Doeg and Hun
ter have to submit to discipline.
Either the players are candidates for
the team, ready and willing to CO.
operate, or they choose" to forego
the honor OF representing their
country for the sake of being indie
pendent of the committee. Commit
tees are a necessary evil, but no mat
ter how evil, they are none the less
necessary.
Just suppose that France lifts
the Davis cup-and America must
start at the bottom taking her posi-
ton among the IS nations to win
her right to challenge France-ln-
France.
It is not unlikely that Bill John
son would care to 60 through the
grind again as he did in 1920 TO
hring>the cup back from Australia.
Too, big Bill, may find other d.
versions. In that case America would
have to start off with entirely ne"
material. How would they or could
they know whom to select unless
they had already been tried :
Strangely enough. all the players at
Forest Hills for the past three days
chose" to try-so why not try IN
a spirit of good fellowship.
Next we have umpires picking on
the gallery-whose enthusiasm ran
riot at Forest Hills last Saturday.
The umpire is thinking only OF the
PLAYERS. Tennis has always been
game played to hush silence. Some
times, think, il the gallery was al
lowed to be noisy all the time the
PLAYERS would get nsed to II ana
then a sudden outburst would not
disturb them.
The difficulty Is. however. In the
probability of the gallery being rude
and yelling uncomplimentary things
at the players Then. too the players
could not hear the decisions or the
score.
I guess it Just cannot be done IN
tennis. or in golf. Though / believe
it would inspire the players to rise
to greater heights in the gallery
could bet behind them and cheer as
the college boys cheer their team on
to victory.
Camera man-next on my picked
Jist-have a real kick coming al
Forest Hills. American ingenuity IS
far behind the English at Wlmnle-
don, where a royal" box is provid-
ed for the camera men near the
real royal box. By means OF the long
distance lens wonderful action PIC
lures are taken during the actual
play. !,
At Forest Hills they all get the
same pictures at the same time. IN
animate practice, or posed pictures.
If would be economy to send one
cameraman to cover for all the pa
pers, instead of the IA / counted at
Forest Hills Saturday and four NOV
ing picture cameras.
At Wimbledon they got a wonder
full picture of Jean Borotra during
finals, He was foot off the ground
on the rebound of a disastrous fall.
There were other beautiful pictures
of his graceful and spectacular leaps
into the air.
They secure these pictures from
the lair constructed for them with
out the least annoyance to the play
err. and they contribute much to the
edification of the public and interest
Of the game.
Can't some kind hearted official
get busy and build a nest for the