Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-06

winner Aillson
"Of course" admitted Allison
"the French at their best are the
best in the game; but NOBODY is
at his best every day. we trust
that when the time arrives Tor
the cup matches. It will be our
PLAYERS who are at the peak.
take. for instance. George Lott AZ
top form, Lott is the RreateSt tennis
player know, except Tilden' when III IL
den was at his best There are DAYS
when Lott can beat any one. Even
when he is not at his peak, he is still
a great tennis player. l consider MN
the finest volleyer in tennis. Cochet,
P0r0tra and some others are splenolu
vollevers. but Id rather have Lofts
volley than any Of the rest.
John Van Ryn is playing lot faster
than he did last year and / expect 10
see him improve all the time. He mas
not vet reached the high point OF his
capsbilitv. although he is a great tennis
PLAYER nov. And" added Allison warm
IL. "he also is one of the finest fellows
ever knew. As for John Hennessey ne
is a great doubles player, better even
than he is at singles, and he is a man
who always gives his best"
I asked Allison the name OF his birth
Mace. He told me that he was born
in san Antonio, went to school In Fort
Worth and now lives in Austin.
Austin" he said. us a city of only
about so 900 inhabitants. but there must
be about $50 tennis courts there.
don't believe that there is any other city
in the country which has as many
courts in proportion to its population.
Texas Has Hidden Stars.
"The result is that Texas is develop
ing some great tennis youngsters. YOU
keep YOUR eye on Texas" continued
Allison. There are kids out there now
who mop up the courts with Berkley
Bell and me in practice
isn't that" asked, partly because
Won are working to perfect certain
strokes. while they are out to win by
anything short of murder? Do they
beat you in tournaments"
well no." Allison conceded, they
don't beat us in tournaments. because
they don't play as we'll then. They seem
to regard tournaments as something
more important and grow cautious. They
haven't had enough experience yet, but
they are great young tennis players
You'll hear from them IN the next rev
years"
1t seemed to me that there was
something In this which might be of
value to those in charge OF Davis Cup
plav. AS Winnie Richards has pointed
out the Frenchmen used to come over
here wear after year to be beaten, but
each year they got a bit better; each
wear they got experience. And that Is
what I believe the coming Davis Cup
matches can be made to furnish our
Younger players. Allison, for instance,
never has plaved across the water be-
fore. The sooner these young men get
experience in Davis Cup matches, the
sooner the trophy will make return
trip across the ocean. United States
tennis should build for the future.
Tnden Shy Stamina.
While the younger members Of the
team wholly believe that Tilden is the
greatest player in the history of the
game. they do not think that he now
can last through two hard five-set
matches. or even one, against some OF
the best opponents in the world. All
these younger players have had days
when they were pretty close to in
vincible
Allison had such streak Of playing
at Hot Springs. although he insisted to
me that he was playing just as well
now as he was then. At any rate. II
might even trim such stars as France
can furnish. I'd like to see them get
their chance.
Allison did not copfine his admiration
Of Texas proves 70 tennis. He spoke
Of Joel Hunt, the best quarterback in
the country" He also asked If l had
seen the Army-Southern Methodist
game last Autumn, pointing out that
while S. NJ. U. almost defeated the
West Pointers, it didn't fare very well
among its Texas rivals. He said that
he wished more of those Texas teams
could schedule Eastern games.
It surely is fact that the Lone Star
State has a large galaxy of star athletes.
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