Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-21
BY SIR FRANCIS GORDON LOWE,
(Fornex Davis Cup PIayer.)

not remember DeIUeE OpthuiS PAOe1 dIh'
| in which several of the key men win be
put through their PAGES.
believe this Wimbledon meeting Will
see the greatest tennis revival We have
known, and that full houses viii be the
order.
Are the members of the squad from
| the United States going to sweep the
board as they did last year? rather
doubt it, even with their persuasive,
ncn- playing Capt. Sam Hardy to lead
| them, especially as some OF their chief
actors will be absent.
Americans Foes Strong.
| The French will do their utmost to
| stop the Americans. and the neW-found
| tennis power in British players will put
an added obstacle in the way OF these
! Americans
| In the fight for the blue ribbon Eng
| land for the first time has two seeded
men, Perry and Austin France has
three, Borotra, Cochet and Boussus.
| America has two, Wood and Shields,
while Japan can boast one in Jiro Sato.
To reach the last eight each of these
chosen ones will have to win on his own
a little tournament consisting Of 16
players. In any case the path of the
/ mighty will be spiked with thornS from
| the word "go." Such players, among
others, as Lott, Van Ryn, Mangin,
Hughes, Gregory, Kirby and Rogers
| will see to this.
| Now let us examine the actual draw.
That enigma, Cochet, is in the top sec
| ton of the top quarter In fun cry. The
little man from Lyons is still the best
| player in the world, but being very
short of match practice his Wimbledon
| performance will be little uncertain.
Even with Allison. his surprise con-
/ cuerer of 1880. a non-starter, I fancy
/ Cochet this year probably looks on
| Wimbledon more as training ground
! for the Davis Cup challenge round
later on. though if he gets going his
opponents must beware.
! In his opening match Monday Cochet
will have to deal with the immaculate
! returns of Nigel Sharpe. which he may
! find trying Then young Hughes, his
recent conqueror at Milan, Is not far
away, and will give him a hand-to-
hand struggle should they meet.
Sid Wood Admired.
like the chances of the studious
young American, Sidney Wood. in the
section Unless the much talked OF
Spaniard kaier does something unex-
pected, Wood will probably engage
Cochet or Hughes at the gateway to
the semi-hnal.
In the second quarter the English
man. Fred Perry, has his great chance.
He has a nasty obstacle in Aoki, the
Japanese, in the second round. But il
he survives the rest of the section
should be plain sailing. Young BousSus
is oficially tipped to be Perry's oppo-
nent in the last eight. but Van Ryn
looks q likely man to upset these cal
culationS. If by any chance, therefore,
Perry and Van Ryn do clash. it should
be a touch and 60 affair. The feet
footed American Won in state last Au-
tumn, but Perry has learned much
since then.
In the lower half Borotra. ever the
darling of the Wimbledon gods, heads
the list unless Mkt can intervene
The popular Jeans real troubles may
not start until he encounters the win
ner of Jiro Satos section. This is a
very stiff one, as it includes Lott, Kirby
Rogers. Mangin. Boyd and Lee. The
man who fights his way through will
be little jaded. and my choice rests
on the sturdy Lott who before now has
given Borotra anxious moments
/ The forceful Frank Shields, who in
the absence of Johnny Doeg may fin
ish as the matinee idol of this year:
Wimbledon, is in AuStin's quarter Or
his American form would back Shields
| Wood has really had suficient time tC
become acClimatized. we shall know
more OF Shields Wimbledon possibilitie:
after his match Monday with the South
African. Spence.
In spite Of q revived Brugnon
Austin seems to have comfortable
section. After that Austin will prob
ably have a severe problem to face il
Frank Shields. The odds are agains
him, but should he come through Aus
tin is better equipped to play Borotrs
than even Shields.
Shuns Single Choice.
From such a field Of talent would
not attempt to name the eventual win
ner. My choice for the last four i
Wood, Perry, Borotra. Shields, or Aus
tin, always remembering that Borotri
becomes more dangerous each success
Wood.
Besides those already mentioned
Margin against Rogers and SAT-
against Kirby will be star matches TO
Monday. AS q side show many vii
want to see the acrobatic Kappa o
Argentina. who had 20 falls at Queen
this week before he could conquer SatC
/ never remember a women'S cham
|, piOnShip at WlmDled0n so very open a.
this. OF late years they have been domi
mated by Helen Wills Moody and Mile
Lenglen. The fair sex lately has beer
more perverse than ever, and not one o
the leading lights this season has shown
reliability of form.
If Helen Jacobs, Senorita de Aware
or Mrs. Godfree could suddenly toucl
! her best form, one of these would un
doubtedly go near to winning the event
In the top quarter the thoughtful gam
of Tilden's pupil, Cilly Aussem. ough
to prevail, though Mrs. Whittingstall,
she can overcome Mrs. Mitchell. ha
the right strokes to upset the prophets
In the second quarter I should b
inclined to back Miss Mumford t
reach the last four, though her bet
noire, Miss Heeley, is nearby. Mucl
depends upon how Nine. Mathier
whom Miss Mumford may meet in tn
last eight. is playing. Lately her forr
has been too bad to be true.
If Betty Nuthall could Snite tn
Wimbledon ball as she does the Amer
lean one she could safely be backed I
come through the lower half. In an
case, in spite of that persistent cam
paigner, Mrs. Satterthwaite, I expeC
I Betty to negotiate her section. Sh
, may then have to face the othe
bracket--Helen Jacobs, Mrs. Godfree O
. Mile. Jedrzegowska.
! In the last quarter Dorothy Round
J is England's chief hope, though Frau
lein Krahwinkel, that improving Ger
i man girl, and Senorita Alvarez ar
1 fancied ones.
TO sum up. if one Of the Englis