The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-29
WORLD COURT men
AND WOMEN AT
FOREST HILLS CLUB
All But Few OF Best u. S.
and European Players
to Compete !.

to Compete
Forest Hills, N. X. Aug. 29.--
(UP)--The greatest field Of tennis
aces ever assembled in one Amer.
lean tournament swings into action
today in the combined national
mems and women's championship
at the West Side Tennis club.
With but a few exceptions, all
the net aces of America and Eu.
rope are listed for the To-day car.
nival. Chief absentees are Mrs
Helen Wills Moody, Dorothy
Round, Of England, Germany'i
Baron Gott-Fried Won Cramm, and
Bunny Austin Of England.
Most Of the women stars, except
defending champion Helen Jacobs
have set-ups in today's opening
matches. Miss Jacobs, seeking hei
fourth straight title, clashes with
Mrs. H. Walter Blumenthal Of
New York (the former Baroness
Maud Levi) who, although ranked
fifth nationally, IL unseeded.
Fred Perry, Of England, defend.
ing mems champion, is idle today
being one Of the 80 drawing frs,
round byes. The mems field will
be reduced to "a today with the
playing Of "a matches. All Of the
"a women entered action.
Headline matches involve VIII
mer Allison, seeded first, and
Henry c. Brunie, New York; Gene
Mako, Los Angeles, and Jacques
Brugnon, France, and Berkeley
Bell, Texas, and Manuel Alonso,
New York.
Forest Hills, N. Y, Aug. 2e.-
(UP)-America's first attempt to
create q tournament rivaling the
famed All-England championships
at Wimbledon begins today when
a brilliant International field
swings into action in the combined
mems and women's national tennis
championships at the West Side
Tennis club.
Heretofore, It has been custom
airy to separate both singles divi-
sions, but this year the United
States Lawn Tennis association,
with an idea Of creating larger
gates, decided to throw both divi-
sions together in almost q fort
night of "bargain tennis"
The field is not as lustrous az
the U.s.L.T,.A. had hoped It would
be when It decided to stage a COM
bined tournament. The women's
division will miss three of Its great
est attractions --Mrs. Helen Wills
Moody Of San Francisco, Mrs. Ethel
Burkhardt Arnold, tiny Los Ange.
les matron, and Dorothy Round,
England's top star.
The two coast stars decided to
pass UP the tournament and stay
at home with their hust Ands. Miss
Round, who was here for the
Wightman Cup matches earlier this
month, skipped home shortly there.
after. The tall Englishwoman, 4
Is understood, In still peeved at the
U.S.L.T.A. FOR trying to make hel
play Sunday match several years
ago. Miss Round, q Sunday school
teacher. did not relish that idea and
apparently wished to express her
feelings on the subject by passing
up this years tournament.
Miss Jacobs Entered
Defending champion Helen ia
cobs Of Berkeley, Cal, is slated to
protect her title. Chief opposition
will come from Kay Stammers,
glamorous English lass, who de-
feated Mrs. Moody during O recent
tournament abroad. Other stars
entered are Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fa-
byan, last years finalist; Mrs. Phyl-
lis undertaking, Nancy Lyle and
Evelyn Dearman, all members OF
the British Wightman team.
Miss Jacobs, who eliminated Miss
Round In straight sets during the
Wightman series, Is favored to re-
tain her title, with the left-handed
Miss Stammers considered q poten.
tial finalist.
In the mems division, Fred Per-
~ of England, ranking amateur
racquet. wielder Of the world, will
attempt to turn q trick no other
foreigner has ever done--win the
title three times In arrow.
Australians Pass Up Play
Perry Is the chief foreign threat
Australia's Davis Cup aces decided
to return homo via Europe instead
OF stopping here for the tourna.
ment. Germany's Baron Gottfried
Won Cramm was unable to come be-
cause the German national cham
pionships are being played this
week.
Roderick Menzei, towering Cze-
choslovakian, Is the only other for.
eign star Of Importance entered,
and he is not considered q menace
because his showing in preliminary
tournaments there has not been
particularly brilliant.
France will be represented by
Jacques Brugnon and A. Martin
Leageay; Spain by Enrique Maier
and New Zealand by Its Davis Cup
captain, Eskell Dundas Andrews.
Top Americans Entered
All of Americas top-notchers
will be on hand in an effort to
wrest the title from Perry. Donald
Bulge, red-haired, youthful Cali
fornian, looks like the best domes-
tic bet to halt the Englishman.
Bulge won the Newport Casino
tournament two weeks ago, and
most of Americas best were en-.
tered in It.
Frank x. Shields. former top.
ranking star who lost to Bulge In
the Newport finals, Is entered, as
are Wilmer Allison, American Da-
Wis Cupper: Bryan (Bitsy) Grant.
Atlanta midget who has been q
sensation during the early tourna-
ments this year; Sidney b. Wood,
Johnny Van Ryn and Gene Mako,
all members of the u. 8. Cup
squad.
DE0T I0TC QH en-