Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-02

And in 1929 he rose to even greater
heights. He won the, Eastern inter-
collegiate title, competing against play
ers from all parts of the country. He
won the metropolitan grass court cham
pionship. one of the biggest in the
East, and he reached the final of the
national intercollegiate tournament at
the Merton Cricket Club, Haverford
Pa. Only q great rally by Berkeley
Bell prevented Mangin from walking
OF with the college crown. He is one
of the outstanding favorites to win this
year
Not only is Mangin a rapidly i'm
proving singles player. but he is even
more brilliant at doubles. He and Bell
made one Of the best teams in the
East in 1929. They won the famous
Seabright doubles tournament together
and we're conspicuous throughout the
season.
His Best Doubles Feat.
The best doubles performance the
Newark lad turned In all year, how
ever, was when he paired with Johnny
Van Ryn in the East-West matches
against George Lott and John Doeg.
Lott and Doeg had just arrived from
Boston after winning the national
championship, and so it made q big
hit with the crowd to see young Man
gin steal their thunder and play the
best doubles on the court.
Not even Van Ryn, who had won the
Wimbledon doubles with Wilmer ALI
son, and beaten the best teams Of Ger
many and France in the Davis Cup
matches, played as brilliantly as his
new partner. I believe it was the SEN
sational play of Mangin in that match
as much an anything else that won
him a position on the Davis Cup squad
Any one who had played such a cork
ing game Of doubles all season and then
capped it with this performance against
the national champions coeld hardly
be overlooked.
Mangtn is not orthodox. He has
grips and style all his own, so some
OF the better players look askance at
him and do not think he viii get very
far. But it Is hard to tell what a
player as cocky and sure of himself as
Mangin VIII do. Despite his lack Of
international experience and of good
FORM, or what Is accepted as good form
in stroke production, he is lust as likely
as not to knock of big player.
UnfeaEed by Regulations.
1t doesn't make any difference to
Mangin how big the reputation of his
opponent is. He will tell YOU that the
".
Johnny HennesSey is the same way. and
remember that Hennessey'S form is not
Classical either, by any stretch of the
imagination, and yet he has beaten
Tilden, Borotra and even Cochet.
Mangtn alternates in the use of a
chop and a forehand drive with excess
sive top spin. He turns his wrist so
sharply over the ball that sometimes 1t
hardly comes of the turf, and in spite
~ ~ 49,
pace on the ball. His forehand is his
more reliable stroke, but his most spec
tacular shot is his backhand particularly
his straight backhand. His backhand
drives down the line had the crowd
screaming with delight when he played
Cochet.
The Ball Boy of Lyons was irritated
by those stunning backhanders, and
when their match, which was inter
rupted by rain the first day, was re-
suned the next afternoon he had
Mangin'S backhand and particularly
not to give him chance to make a
backhand drive on the run at an
angle. Gregory eats that shot up.
Despite lack of height Mangin being
one Of the shortest players in big COM
pany, he has a damaging service. He
throws the ball high into the air and
meets II WIN just the rlBhG SnoC, JlIn-
ing his swing perfectly. He is good
volleyer, though inclined to be cratic,
and he also is shaky at times overhead.
With him it is all or nothing on his
volleys or smasIes, and that is true of
most of his strokes. He plays to the
hilt every time When he has learned
to bide his time more carefully and
await the opportune moment for fin
ishing shot he will be all the more eff
fective
His foot work is satisfactory, and be-
cause Of the great speed with which he
starts for the ball he can get almost
anything, whether it is a drop shot or
a widely angled drive on the other side
of the court.
1t probably will be a year or two
more before Mangin can have any Sc
rious hope of landing singles berth on
the Davis Cup team. For 1880, his
chances rest on the doubles. He Will
have plenty of competition, but If he
gets his chance he may have Van Ryn
and Allison and Lott and Doeg all
austling to beat him out of doubles
job.
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