Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-12
SPORTS PARADE
OFFERS VARIETY
IN T0DAY'S NEWS
BY HENRY McLEMORE
United Press Staff Correspondent


NEW YORK, July IL. = Germany
knocked Great Britain out of the
Davis cup running Sunday, and if
this country doesn't write off at
least half of what the Dutchmen
owe lis in the way of money. it will
be a shame indeed For pals, get
ting those Englishmen out of the
way stands to make Americas way
to the Davis cup a powerful lot
easier.
Paradoxically enough, Germany
isn't strong as England. Not seven
days in week, anyway. Too, those
Englishmen have habit of getting
tougher as the stakes get higher
You remember what happened last
year. Wood and Shields busted off
the Britons at Wimbledon. only to
have Austin and Perry cuff 'em
silly in the interzone final. Soon
as the English players get within
striking distance of the cup they
start thinking about country and
king and union jack, and are they
tough!
1t will be the United States
against either Italy or Germany
now, and then the U. S. against
France. Which is very nice, for
there will be something besides the
cup at stake in this meeting. 1
refer, of course, to. the champion
ship of the world. Yes, it's still in
doubt, despite the fact that practic-
ally every worth while English ten
mis- writer bestowed the title on
Ellsworth Vines, Jr., after his blast
ing of Austin IN the Wimbledon
final.
In fact, they went further than
that, calling him the greatest play
er who ever lived. Maybe he is the
worlds best, but Austin isn't the
man to whip to prove it. You're
right, the baby to trim is Henri
Cochet of Lyons.
What a honey of a scrap these
two-the longlegged, dead panned,
cannonball stroking Californian and
the small, 1.-THE, tremendously cock
sure Frenchman = should put on.
Both of them are five set players,
meaning they love to come from
behind to save matches that SEEM
ingly are lost. Cochet has been
doing this sort of playing-with-fire
thing since way back in 1927 when
he defeated Hunter, Tilden and Bor-
otra in successive rounds after be-
ing two sets to love down in each
match.
Vines Is Good
Vines, Just to cite two instances,
trailed both Perry and Lott in the
semi-finals and finals, respectively,
at Forest Hills last year. Not un-
til the score was against him did
the Pasadena boy tighten his lips
and begin flogging the ball with an
audacity and fire and accuracy that
brought the customers to their feet,
yelling and bowling.
Beth men possess to the highest
degree the sort of courage which
forces them to fight to the end,
even when all appears lost And
theirs is the type of courage which
calls for all-or-nothing shots in the
pinches.
Granting both men are in top
shape, and Vines accustomed to
foreign playing conditions when
they meet, who will win? One guess
is as good as another. Cochet is
the games supreme stylist. His
generalship is unsurpassed. On the
courts he possesses an innate gift
of anticipation which enables him
to be in the right spot at the right
time. .s'JE
When right, Vines has everything.
Although not as flawless a shot
maker as the Frenehman, the CAL
ifornian's strokes are executed with
an authority and finality that
make it almost impossible for any
player to keep them coming back
over the five set route.
But don't forget-Cochet taught
his wife how to play and that feat
alone proves there is nothing he