New Britain herald., 1928-09-12
Dominate
ALL Tennis PLAY
Five Representatives Of Tn-Color
Remain in Tourney

Forest Hills. N. Y. Sept. l: @-|
French domination of the United
States National Tennis sing.
championship today had reached 4
new high level. With five repre-
sentatives among the IS players in
the third round of the title tourna-
ment. the tri-color contingent had
more Of its racket wielders still in
the running for the title than at the
same stage in any tournament since
they, first started. The habit of an
nextng Uncle SANS principal tennis
laurels.,
Five Frenchman started play in
the second round yesterday and five
came through victorious, to cause
more trouble for the Americans in
third round this afternoon. Heading
this formidable group are Henri
Cochet and Jean Borotra, the Davis
Cup ''musketeers' who have yet to
lose q set In this tournament.
Cochet's 7-5. 6-S. 6-3, victory ov-
er young Junior" Coen of Kansas
City yesterday. in his second match
of the tournament was likewise the
second In which he has scored with
out having to extend himself. Little
Coen fought bravely and rolled up
an impressive number OF placements
on the great French star. but lacked
the steadiness headed to beat him.
Cochet played almost lazily, conse W.
ing his energies for this afternoon
when his third round opponent Is
Fritz Mercur.
1t was young Mercur who not
long ago knocked off Bill Tilden
and George Lott in the same week,
and American fans are hoping he
has another upset in his system.
Cochet Is an overwhelming favorite,
as he would be against any of the
other players in the tournament,
unless it is his countryman, Jean
Dorotra.
Borotra, having drawn a bye in
the first round, has played but one
match but that was an impressive
victory over Arnold Jones Of Prov
idence. former Yale tennis captain.
by scores of 60, Go, 60, yesterday.
Borotra was playing with As much
dash as In the tournaVent OF two
years ago when he was runner up
to Rene Lacoste in an all French
final. 4 few Of the pessmists are
visualizinS such situation this
year. but among these are not num-
hered any Of the remaining United
States defenders.
The American seeded list which
row Is headed by George Lott suf-
fered one sever blow on each of the
first two days of the tournament.
The first to 60 was John Hennessey
who was put out by fellow Ameri-
can, DR.. George King. and the Sec
ond was Wilmer Allison, beaten
yesterday by one OF the younger
Frenchmen, Rene De Duzelet. The
invader won by scores OF rs. 1-6,
Ga, ga, 81, after the former inter-
collegiate champion apparently had
the match on ice. After the man.
ner OF Rene Lacoste. this second
Rene refused to tire and wore down
his opponent by getting disconcert-
ingly better as the match went on. |
The other two Frenchmen who |
fought their way through the Sc
cond round were Jacques Brugnon,
te oldest member of the delegation,
and Christian Boussus. the youngest.
the former being 80 and the latter |
20. Brugnon defeated Sam Galpin,
Of Philadelphia Ga. 1-6. Us. 6-4,
and Boussus downed H. H. Hyde of |
Hartford, Conn. Us, As. So.
In last years tournament four
Frenchmen we're still in the run
ming In the third round. but this
year the surprising athletes from
that prospecting tennis country have |
gone themselves one better.
With only one Australian and one
Engltshman still left in the running |
to keep 1t from being entirely a pri-
vate fight between the French nd |
Americans every one Of the five |
from France has drawn u. 3. op-
ponent for today's play. The lineup
pits Cochet against Mercur. Brus-
non against King, Borotra against
Frank Hunter. Boussus against Lott
and De Buzelet against Gregory
MANN. The only American favorite
of the five Ia Lott