Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17

us glance for a moment at the probable
list of American seeded stars
The United States players should be
seeded as follows:
/. T1lden. S. Doeg
2. Hunter 6. Van Ryn
8. Lott z. Mercur
4. Allison g. Coen
There is a chance that Mercur and
Coen might be challenged for place by
any of the following: Bell, Mangin, SUIT
ter, Vines, Wood, Grant or Pare.
Borotra to Take Part.
Certainly Borotra will be on one side
of the tournament and will be on the
other. This would throw Lee on my
side and Hunter, II seeded two, on the
side with Borotra. Lott and Allison
would be drawn and one each would
go into the quarters with Lee and
Borotra, while Hopman and Moon, If
playing, would be with Hunter and my
self. Certainly on paper after the
season record to date Borotra and are
logical finalists. but far be it from me
TO say either or both of us can come
through. Lott proved in the Davis Cup
he Is very close to beating Borotra
while Hunter has beaten the French
star the majority of their matches over
the past four years.
Wilmer Allisons wonderful Wimble-
don performance shows he may spill any
one at any time. Lee at his best Is
difficult proposition. Yet I cannot fig
ure that the only. chances for defeat
of the top-seeded players lies among
the first four United States and foreign
stars. Far from 1t. There are many
champion beaters in the lower seeds
and among the unseeded players.
/ look to see John Van Ryn have a
big national championship. He might
be the dark horse of the tournament.
Owing to John Dogs delayed return
from Europe l do not look to see him
repeat his great performance of last
year and he may go out early in the
meeting. Junior Coen is about due to
spill a few leading stars and I would
not be surprised to see him well up in
the last few players. Watch out for
beth Hopman and Wood as we'll as
Boussus. If the young French star
hits streak he may do almost any
thing.
May Be Many Upsets.
There is still another group that
must be considered when the question
of upset comes up for discussion. Any
one of Bell, Mangin (who beat Austin
at Wimbledon, Suffer. Shields, Selig-
son. Pare, Sidney Wood. Grant, Hall.
Williams particularly, A. w. Jones,
Barry Wood and White might produce
tennis that would upset any one of the
seeded stars.
I consider that this year the Ameri-
can championship is a wide open
tournament that any one may win. My
choice for semi-finaliSts will be
Borotra and Hunter on one side with
either Lott or Allison, which ever is on
that side, and me on the other. 1t
would not surprise me to see an all
American semi-final and feel we will
see an all-American final.
Up to the middle of August Frank
Hunter, handicapped by illness. had
shown little of his true form; but with
the rest of the month of August for
hard training. and once more in good
health, I think you will find Hunter
again in the final and quite possibly
the winner.
The boys whom I think will be the
stars of the tournament will be Lott.
Allison, Van Ryn and Coen. Only
Borotra of the foreigners, consider
serious, although II Moon rouses him
self to play hard he has great game.
Naturally would give much to sue
cessfully defend again, but no one
realizes more acutely than I the great
danger the defending champion runs in
an event where there are so many
good players all specially keen when
they meet the title holder.
Any way look to see the most in
teresting American championship of
recent years, with an excellent chance
of the title staying at home.