Evening star., 1933-06-24

T may turn out, as Big Bill
Tilden suggested, that the
principal menace to our gall
liant lads in the Davis Cup
matches next month will not be
little Henri Cochet of France, but
big Jack Crawford of Australia.
Separately, of course, each may prove
to be considerable of a stumbling block
to Vines, Allison, Van Ryn and Lott
They are handicapped, however, by lack
of solid support, whereas the u. S. A.
is equipped for the briskest kind of
tennis battle at every stage of the pro-
ceedings.
This Crawford boy" confides
our Paris observer Melvin White
leather. has come out like
flower with the MONDAY sun; and
if he isn't at present the worlds
No. l or No. 2. he isn't further
down the ladder than No. 3.
He came here for the first time five
years ago with Harry Hopman. but he
never Gid much. He had the class. but
not the quality nor the seeming desire
to win This year he has all.
"Cochet, like the old gray mare, amt
what he used to be. The days when
Henri could drop two sets with perfect
confidence he could win in five are
gone Vines shook his confidence, and
he hasn't regained it. His backhand is
miserable. his precision shaky, and the
old genius which beat Tilden has es-
capped. His match with Crawford re-
minded me of the heart-breaking
matches in which Big Bill tried to
summon all his old wizardry to beat
this same Cochet
"The French say, and among
them LacoSte, that Henri has
passed the age 1Che1i he can 90 in
there and 1Cin 1uithout careful
training Perhaps They think
that he can regain his old form
by hard 1Oork. Perhaps, again.
But in the first set of the Crawford
match Cochet never was better. He
was in perfect physical condition. He
flashed what he had, but when Jack
sent them back shot for shot Henri had
misgivings. His confidence slipped.
Il don't see how France can hold the
big cup this year Britain, Australia
or the U. S. A. appear capable of lift
ing it. A miracle kept the cup here
last year, and miracles as a rule don't
come two years in succession
High Hopes in Golf
TROM the way eur amateur golf
ing talent has hesn coming along
this year tho Y, S. A. should
National Amateur GoN Championship
Cup. Unlike the Davis Cup it hasn't
been away long or often, but for the
time being Ross SANDY Somerville of
London, Ontario, is the possessor.
Johnny Goodman, the 1882
fiinalist and new open champion,
quite naturally will be the chief
hope of the homebreds. The Ne
braskan has his heart and ambi
ton set on winning the amateur
title.
Gus Moreland the tall Texas youth,
made a fine impression in the open,
only nine shots behind Good
man in four rounds of medal play.
Johnny Fischer, the college champion,
who will be very much at home at Gin
cinnati, also has the shots and the ex-
perlence now to come through The
TurneSaS of Elmsford. N Y, are groom
ing their sensational 17-year- old. Willie
Turnesa, for the big amateur party.
A Nifty Quartet.
r Asst year. at Five Farms, Willie
lost a play-off for the last quail
flying place in the National ANA
teur match-play field, but he's a year
Older and lot better now He played
the best ball Of Horton Smith and Ed
Dudley even during the pro-amateur
before the Ryder Cup team
sailed
Goodman Fischer and TurneSa were
not on the 1882 Walker Cup team and
Morelano was belated selection for it,
but these four youngsters figure to be
Just about the toughest of any Of the
younger group to stop.