The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-01
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By JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK. May lover in the
IN Seventy first regiment armory,
a large. rambling, forbidding look
ing building with winding iron stair
ways and medieval turrets, Winnie
Richards, still youthful enough IN
appearance to pass for a senior Boy
Scout. is to be found those days
initiating the young and the old into
the subtleties OF tennis technic, and
collecting ten smackers per lesson
therefore.
when L came upon him be was seated
in some major generals chair dressed In
white fanneis. his linen sport shirt open
az the neck. pulling away reheouVely al
a black pipe. without knowing precisely
why / don't think I could have been more
astonished IL 1 had seen Jackie CooEan
in a card game high spadinE with Niger
Nate. mean to say that, looking at him.
Richard does not seem quite old enough
yet 70 trust with a pipe, especially
black pipe.
DUT the fact is Winnie is getting
ID along, and a whole new set OF
Davis cup players has come into the
game since he was an amateur
bounding hither and thither over
the courts at Germantown and For
est Hills, trying with boyish zeal
and energy to batter his way past
Bill Tilden to a national champion
ship. Indeed, today he is one of
the country's veteran professionals.
once asked him why he turned pro-
fessionaI and his answer was this: i had
to start out on my own sooner or later
and that seemed to offer as inviting
chance as any" Young Richards has no
Illusions about competitive sport, high
powered amateurism or. what is Just as
important, about himself. He feels he con-
tributed something to tennis, that tennis
In turn contributed something TO him and
that there was nothing unusual or illogical
abOu his moving on ultimately to the
moneyed ranks Of the game.
ct WASN'T much at selling bonds,
a so I made this my business. I
hope I haven't shocked anybody"
he laughs. If nothing else Rich
ards has survived a long and bril-
liant career as an internationaliSt
at tennis without losing his human
touch. There is something about
the sudden social intimacies and
pseudo aristocracies of tournament
tennis that changes the average
players perspective, and transforms
him into a first class pain in the
neck.
wanted 10 know what Richards thought
Of the new Davis cup team of Lott, Doeg,
Allison, Van Ryn and Bell. and whether
he thought it wise to leave Tilden and
Hunter undisturbed on the sidelines. "Its
a good young team. About the best that
could have been picked. TiIden and
Hunter don't At into the picture any
more. They have seen their best days.
What America has to do is rebuild and
this can be done only with young players
who are on the upgrade"
y u
ID ICHARDS thought that if
IN Tilden were on the team this
year it would be stronger, but he
argued that the thing to do was to
plan for the future.
It haven't any great hope that the
team will be able to beat France
this year In fact, the odds are all
against it. but the experience the
boys will get in the big matches will
make them, provided they have the
class"
Richards wasn't sure about the class be-
ing there It would take time to tell.
AS he saw it the whole scheme was more
or less experimental. You would be able
to Eet better line on the Ameriuan
championships later in the season. BY
that time the bows would be more settled,
the stage fright, gone and the real abilities
uore easily diacernfbIe