The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-14
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By HENRY M'LEMORE United Press Stan Correspondent

By HENRY M'LEMORE
 United Press Stan Correspondent)
 Chicago, Aug. IA. (UP)-When the national tennis championship comes to a close in Forest Hills in September do not be surprised If the big silver cup emblematic of white flannel supremacy in these United States is handed to Bryan (Bitsy) Grant of Peachtree street, Atlanta, Georgia.
 Mir. Grants victory, if and when 1t comes, will be a severe disap- pointment indeed to the rotograv- ure. Enthusiasts like their tennis champions to be a blend of the late R. Valentino, Weismuller as Tarzan and Noel Coward. In brief, 1.-the, handsome gentleman who can grace the country clubs and win love game on or off the courts.
 Bitsy Grant is definitely not this type. He's little 'un, standing above five feet two or three, and weighing about as much as a pocket full of loose change and with the weather-worried face of a jockey. His hair looks as though there were two blondish cats fight ing on the top of his head.
 His appearance is not that of a champion and that goes double for his style of play. His technique is like that of the girl next door brought to high state of perfec- tion, and it founded on one car- dinal principle-thaty you can't lose 8 point if you never knock the ball into the net or out of the court, and get your racket on your op- ponent's every shot.
 Grant has no great speed on his shots. His service is soft, as are his smashes. But how he gets that ball back. Back and forth. back and forth he'll knock 1t until his foe becomes so exasperated he could jump across the net and crack him on the noggin with his racquet.
 Bill Tilden once described Grant as "that damned little nuisance Of a marathon runner" He never tires Watching him scurry about the courts for any and all shots for five long sets, you wonder how he packs so much stamina in such a tiny body. He slides on his face, he turns fiips, he bounces up and down on his posterior. He'll risk life and limb in an effort to get shots any other player would shrug and let pass.
 Tn licking Frank Shields in the finals of the eastern grass courts championships at Rye last week, Grant proved that turf no longer spells defeat for him. Undoubtedly the greatest player on clay in the world, Bitsy never has been at home on grass, which. oddly enough, is the fastest of all tennis surfaces. '.
 I'd like to see Grant outlast all the Americans in the nationals 1T for no other reason than that such a performance would give him the No. post in rankings and guar. antee him a place on the Davis Cup team. He has deserved a place for the last three years, but only until this year when he was given a trip to Mexico City as a sop, did the powers.that.be recognize him.
 Too, by sending Grant abroad next year the U. s. L. T. A. would provide the queen of England a laugh or two. The queen, who has not had royal chuckle out of ten- nis( game she loves) since George Lott and his mainsail shirt tails and too-short pants turned pro, would enjoy the half-pint Att iantan. He's hell of a snowman even when the gallery contains only American royalty. Give him an audience of the real thing and newell, as they say in Georgia he'd go to town. Copyright 1885 by United Press)