Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-05
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SPCETAPARACE
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BY HENRY McLEMORE
United Press staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, July 5 U.R) - II 1
don't miss my guess Mr.. Joseph
Wear, non-playing captain of the
American Davis cup team. spent
Independence Day in his room at
Grosvenor house, London, shooting
off mental Roman candles in an ef-
fort to decide just which two play
ers he should use in the interzone
cup final against Germany or
Czechoslovakia.
Mr.. Wear has at his disposal
three singles players Wilmer Al
lson, the turkey-necked Texan;
Sidney B. Wood, stylish New York
er, and Donald Bulge, the carrot
topped Californian. He can utilize
but two OF them in the singles as
signments. Mr.. Wears problem is
an ornery one, for each of the per-
formers has his very definite assets
and his very definite liabilities.
Let us consider the three players
and see if we can make up Mr..
Wears mind from 5000 miles away.
Allison is a good one to start the
meriting and demeriting with:
Allison's foremost merit is the
fact that he's Americas NO. play
er. a rating he earned by outlast-
ing all his countrymen to reach the
finals at Forest Hills last year. It's
considered very bad form to side
track the No. / hand for anybody
else. He's thoroughly experienced,
a dogged money player, and has
sound, if not brilliant, all-rouno
game.
The debit size: Allison's getting
old as tennis players 60. That thin
ming hair Of his isn't all due TO con-
slant wearing Of a hat. He's ball
OF fire for three. or even four. sets,
but five blstering sets is a bit TOO
much for him. Too, he's such
great doubles player that he'll I'M
doubtedly be called upon to share
the tandem assignment, and double
duty won't help his singles games.
Wood Not Strong
Now for Brother Wood:
One must open a discussion OF
Woods merits with the statement
that Sidney. on his very, very right
davs. is close 10 the finest player
the world ever saw. When he's hot
red-hot he can make shots that
Tilden, in his palmiest days, couldn {
excel. He has a full equipment OF
strokes. being sound off the ground,
in The air and at the service line.
And he's smart. With the possible
exception Of Jadk Crawford. Wood
is the finest strategist among the
amateurs
The debit side: He isn't strong
physically. Weighing un d er $50
pounds, he is likely to wilt in the
closing stages Of a long match. par
ticularly under a blazing sun. And
those very. very, right days Of his,
come entirely too seldom. He lacks
confidence In the papers he IS
often referred TO as "cocky, but
actually he doesn't believe he can
beat anyone. And the lickings he
has taken abroad in the past two
years hasn't increased his con-
fidence.
Now for the youngster Bulge.
Bulge is young, with the strength
of the young, the fire Of the young
and the optimism of the young
loss him IN there with any player,
40 matter how famous and Bulge
WOULD come out swinging. con-
iident he was going to win. All OF
his game is sound and some OF II
brilliant There isn't a finer back
hand in tennis than that OF the
Californian. and he can volley for
Who-laid-the-chink
On the other side. the debit slde,
you find that Budges youth IS
handicap. He hasn't played long
enough in international circles to
know the games Of the top foreign
players. and when YOU don't know
fellows game its difficult to ad-