Evening star., 1935-08-08

emily convinced that future
VI Davis Cup campaigns will be
just as futile as this years so
long as Fred Perry and Bunny Austin
play for England, Americas interna-
tional tennis team returned today on
the liner Manhattan. They offered no
slibis for their SO shellacking.
The players who arrived were Will
mer Allison of Austin, Tex; Johnny
Van Ryn of Philadelphia, Donald
Bulge of Oakland, Calf, and Gene
Mako of Los Angeles, besides nom
playing Capt. Wear and Harry Hill
man, Dartmouth track coach and ath-
letic trainer.
Nobody is going to beat England as
long as Fred Perry and Bunny Austin
represent her in the Davis Cup COM
petition" the 31-year-old Allison said.
His teammates echoed the sentiment.
They were disappointed crew, but
the veterans, Allison and Van Ryn,
said the trip was not a complete flop.
Exceeded Expectations.
WE GAINED the satisfaction of
getting into the challenge round
again, which was an accomplishment
George Lott, Ellsworth Vines and Bill
Tilden said we couldn't do" they said
The Texan Is by no means through
with Davis Cup tennis as far as dou-
bles are concerned if he is invited to
try out for the team next year" How
ever, it is unlikely he will ever again
play singles. Van Ryn said he would
like to play cup doubles with Allison
until he is 40, which means II years
more.
Freshmen" Bulge and Mako passed
on most of the speech-making honors
to their seniors
Il think if Allison had defeated
Austin in the first singles match we
would have won the doubles and then
maybe the cup" the red-headed Bulge
said
Bulge Must Speed Up.
1T was a great experience for me.
Wimbledon inspires you to try harder
because you know you're up against
the best players IN the world. have
more confidence now than I had this
time year ago.
Wear and Hillman painted bright
future for Bulge provided he can i'm
prove and speed up his footwork.
HE was almost as slow as a snail,
yet he beat such stars as Won Cramm
and Austin" Wear said. Bulge tried
hard and so did the other fellows.
They we're most conscientious but we
Just weren't good enough to beat
England and it took lot of luck to
beat Germany.
Agreeable to Wood.
A S FAR as Sidney Wood was con-
n cerned he was highly erratic
and Hillman reported him not in the
best physical condition He knew it,
however, and suggested that Bulge
and Allison play singles against Ger
many"
Wear didn't make any suggestions
for the future but one of the problems,
he said, is that it's hard to approx
mate "our players ability.
In other words, the men chosen
for the team sometimes do not seem
able to reach their peak when they
are needed most" he said.
Hillman Praises Squad.
HILLMAN, however, had something
to say about that.
This was brand-new experience
for me and I enjoyed it," he said.
1.-THE boys we're wonderful and CO.
operated with me fully. Except for
Van Ryn, all weigh more than when
they started for England. Van Ryn
held his weight.
TT occurs to me that not enough
time is allowed for physical condi-
tioning. They assembled the players
at Philadelphia only couple of weeks
before they sailed. It's my opinion
the training period should start in
March"
While all had different views on
this subject and that, it was the
consensus that the German baron,
Gottfried Won Cramm, has better
strokes than Perry. The Englishman's
margin of superiority lies in his un-
shakable confidence and speed, they
said.
won Cramm looks and is a sweet |
player" said Allison, but who wins
Mr.. Perry!"