The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-30
Atlanta Flash
RatesChanCe
In Singles
BY GINO SINH

and "ands," Ellsworth Vines, who
without "ifs" and lands" is the
greatest tennis player in our solar
system, tears loose with q couple
Of pertinent remarks anent the
Davis Cup series for the coming
summer season.
Plunking a racquet with his fin
gers as farmer does a water.
melon, the stringy master Of the
courts. while waiting to go on the
glistening Ritchie Coliseum floor
for his match with Fred Perry the
other night, unburdened himself
along the following lines.
con the slim shoulders Of
Bryan "Bitsy" Grant rests the
hopes OF the U. S. in Davis Cup
play. "BitSy" should get that
singles call alongside Donald
Bulge. Gene Mako, though ex.
perienced in international play
can lay no claims to being a sim
giles player and frankie Parker,
though thoroughly ground in
tennis strokes, lacks the ability
to rise to the occasion. r..
Grants chief stock in trade
is his response to the moment.
He is like Bunny" Austin in
that respect. Inspiration lifts
him far above his game.
ANZACS CHIEF MENACES
with Australia the team to
be beaten for the cup and with
its three great aces, Jack Craw.
ford, Adrian Quist and Vivian
McGrath, in our zone, we can
gather all cur worries and our
hopes right on this side Of the
blue Atlantic and let the rest
of the world go by. And that's
where the Atlanta mOlehilI be-
comes q mountain. McGrath ap-
pears likely to draw the other
half of the AnZacs singles rs
Signment with Crawford, Of
course, being the No. ! choice"
Here he stopped to autograph
a baseball, then he resumed:
"McGrath is our man. We
have to point for him, and there
is where ''Bitsy" comes in. The
twO-fisted phenOm from Down
Under eats up speed, especially
off his unOrthOdOx fOrehand,
which is where speedSter uSu-
ally drives them, but a StrOk-
ing, waiting game battles Nc
Grath and that is Grants Spe.
cialty. His knack for keeping
the ball floating back over the
net, though not spectacular,
brings him his victories over
much more powerful players.
BULGE BOUND TO WIN ONE
"Thus If Grant can win one
singles match, Bulge is certain
to win one and stands an even
chance to take CrawfOrd's meas
ure in the other and three
points are all that We need to
take the series. Should Bulge
lose to Crawford in his singles,
we still have an even-stephen
chance to cop the doubles with
Bulge and Mako facing Craw-
ford and Quist. If we get by
Australia, Germany. the almost
certain European finalist,- and
England, the Cup defender, will
offer far less trouble. Baron
Won Cramm, the Nazi'S No. l
entry, is great and so is Austin,
for England, but no One-man
team is going to win the cup
against q three-man outfit"
The tall, rawboned wizard
glanced at the court on which
George Lott was trouncing Bruce
Barnes, reflectively.
He continued: =,
"The much abused midget
from Georgia can do wonders
If the breaks are with him. But
will he get a chance? It's up
to the u. s. L. T. A. officials as
to what part Grant will play.
But he can play the hero II they
let him." -
The garrulous Perry refused to
pin himself down definitely to
naming the likely champion coun'
try. He feels that the four nations
involved are too evenly matched
to predict the ultimate winner
He explained:
England, which will be re-
CURED to play only one match
the cup finaIs-will have some
advantage because Of this. How
much remains to be seen. Each
Of the four countries involved