New Britain herald., 1927-09-02
RAIN PREVENTING
 TENNIS JOURNEYS
Mems National Doubles in Hope-
 less State Through Weather
By MARK K. BROWNE,


 ttnited Press Staff Correspondent
 Copyright, 1927. United Press)
 Boston. Stp. 2-Rain, rain, rain. during the tennis season is past be ing bore. It is becoming tragedy
 The womcn's national took nine days, instead Of the usual six days. Nimbledon required l4 days, the Newport mixed doubles were carried over and now the mems national doubles and national mixed doubles are in d perfectly hopeless state all on account of an inconsideratc weather man.
 Nlth the Davis cup matches start ing next Thursday and all of the big stars keen to get the travelling over and some practiCe on the turf upon which the international matches will be played, some Of the national mems doubles and the mixed will have to be carried over. II looks as though a big hold oyer' tourna- tncnt would be in order after the mems national singles.
 1 can just imagine how popular the weather man is with the poloitcs. A tennis court Is expensive enough to cover with tarpaulin, but think what it would be to cover polo held. Yet so long as polo is the most expensive game in the world why mol get it 2 little more SO?
 h.. n, | literally q bog. The water oozes up around the players shoes and there are holes and deep Impressions ev- anywhere 10 send the unsuspecting ball off at tangent when it reaches th" turf
 The combination that have the best dispositions are going to carry off the cham pionship--no necessar- fly the best tennis players. Fast and good tennis is out Of the question under the conditions. Weather is be- ing discussed in four languages at LongWood. l can understand only on" and l cannot print thai.
 Our tennis tournaments are talk ing on q very decided foreign accent. was very much intrigued and en- Nlous Of the way Mrs. Mallory car ried on fluent conversation in four different languages when the French, Dutch, Spanish and English gather ed for tea. Mrs. Mallory did not find use for her native tongue, Nor Wogian.
 II-ift n presents confident front with their cards on the table and seem 10 say ! will play these" The Frenchmen on in" other hand seem to be study ing their cards carefully and alert 10 catch the slightest expression Of worry on the faces of their adver- saries. ShuIflinG. hold them close 10 tn" chest, studying their cards and they have not yet, l believe, shown their hand.
 The American singles players are definite, barring accident, but the French have not definitely decided on Henri Cochet over Jean Borotra to support Rene La Coste in singles. The French doubles combination, I think, will not be either of the com binations now playing in the national 
 The French are subtle. They would not want to play the same combination this week as they would play in the Davis cup because they would forcgo the value Of the
  secrets of play back, until they are called and obliged to show their whole hand.
 If Henri Cochet replaces Borotra in the singles. as is altogether prob able, and wise, then Borotra Cochet or Borotra-Burnon is bound to be the doubles team. Yet Borotra is playing this week with La Coste. The Cochet- -Brugnon combination was poor last year in the Davis cup so that should eliminate them. Besides. Borotra is a marvel ous doubles player and France Is not apt to overlook him. His singles game I think is shot. He reminds me so much of our famous Maurice Me who depended on rushing the net to pull off wonderful volleys md overhead smaShes.
 Neither Borotra nor Mclaughlin with good ground stroke had to cover up the weakness in the ter 'jhcly strenuous net attack. Last year when 1 saw Borotra, in the inals of our championship, play q 'eeble game against La Coste after ! lis G'orotras) sensational defeat Of | both Johnson and Richards, l 1 bought then that Borotra had 'burned' himself out and like Mc- .oughlin would never be good again n singles.
 My choice for France would be a Coste and Cochet in singles and 3orotra and Brugnon in the doubles. ..et America stand pat on the two Bills for everything