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ADD THREE NAMES
TO HALL Of FAME
Sports Writers Put Lajoie,
Speaker and Young on
Immortal Nine.
Yy the Associated Press.

n yEW YORK, January 20.-An
nj outfield. pitching department
and middle Of the infield for
base balls all-time hall OF
fame was complete today
From the honor roll of immortals,
base ball writer's of America have Sc
lected eight players whose names re-
call the most stirring performances
Americas national pastime ever has
seen.
As they line up mythically under
the bronze name plaques at the
birthplace of the game in Coopers-
town, N. Y, today they are:
Second base-Napoleon Lajoie.
Shortstop-Honus Wagner.
Outfielder-Tris Speaker.
Outfielder-Ty Cobb.
Outfelder-Babe Ruth.
Pitcher-Christy Mathewson.
Pitcher-Cy Young.
Pitcher-Walter johnson.
Lajoie, Speaker and Young join the
others with the latest poll Of the Base
Ball Writers Association, announced
yesterday. The other five are the
original immortals." named in the
first annual poll q year ago.
Lajoie Tops Voting.
7 AJOIE. the speedy second basernan,
- who compiled 1893 lifetime bat
ting average for Is years in the big
time, topped the poll with 16s votes
out of a possible 201. Speaker. often
nominated as base balls greatest CEN
ter fielder, polled 165, and Young,
ironman right-hander Of the COS,
had 153.
All three still are living, Lajoie at
Daytona Beach, Fla, according to
latest reports; Speaker in Cleveland,
where he is Boxing Commission chair
man, and Young on farm near Peoli,
Ohio.
Lajoie's major league career carried
him from the Philadelphia Phillies to
the Athletics, to Cleveland and back
to the Athletics before it ended in
1917. Brilliant both on defense and
offense, the daring Frenchman COM
piled a lifetime fielding average Of
1865 to go with his unusually high
batting mark.
Star Of three world championship
teams in Boston and Cleveland,
Speakers diamond span stretched
from 1909 to 1926. including seven
seasons with the Red Sox and II
great years with the Indians. AZ
manager of Cleveland in 1920, he
brought the Indians the only world
title they ever held. His top batting
years were 1915, with 1856; 1920, with
.388, and 1925, with .389.
Young An Iron Man.
Young stands alone As the No. /
l iron man pitcher Of all time. He
was up there more years, pitched more
games and won more victories than
any other hurler In diamond history.
In "a years with the old Cleveland
Nationals, st. Louis, Nationals, Red
Sox, Indians and Boston Nationals,
he posted 511 victories in S74 games.
His records show three no-hit per-
formances.
Just when q first baseman, third
baseman and catcher will be rated suf-
ficiently high for selection to complete
an Immortal" team In the permanent
hall Of fame remains in doubt. In
the just-concluded poll, in which q
minimum Of rs per cent Of the voting
was necessary for nomination, the
three missing positions received little
support. The only three players to
give the selected trio any kind Of a
fight were Pitcher Grover Cleveland
Alexander. Eddie Collins, one-time ace
second baseman. and Wee Willie
Keeler. the former outdeld star, each
ef whom received better than 100 votas.
Evening star., 1937-01-20
EASTERN REGA|NS
PUNCH OF CHAMPS
Takes Familiar Position at
Top of Basket Standing
by Beating Riders.
BY BURTON HAWKINS.

- DOAs Wv AnH w AAAA<Ss
OMETHING mighty familiar
was injected into the interhigh
school series basket ball race
today as Eastern, a poor actor
at the barrier, moved into first place
in the backstretch and gave indica-
ton that perhaps it was sponged in
its start against Central
Completely recovered from its
humping at the post, Eastern. cham
pion for the last three years. forged to
the front in the scholastic derby yes
terday by burying Roosevelt, 34-16, as
Western aided its cause by spilling
Tech, 23-17.
Eastern still must face desperate
challenges from four entries in the
stretch, however, and Tech looms as
serious obstacle when the teams
clash Friday night at Tech High gym
in the first nocturnal schoolboy series
game ever played here.
Tech till Troublesome.
DESPITE the pasting it absorbed
from Western, Tech is tied with
Central for the show position and
f1gures to create trouble Eastern, in
the top spot with three wins and one
defeat. and Western, in second place
with two triumphs and one loss, are
far from secure in their positions.
Against Eastern Roosevelt retained
a Vestige of hope until the final quar-
ter, but Eastern's crack club rapidly
erased that dream and steadily in
creased the 21-l2 margin it possessed
at the end Of the third period. East
ern had led, go, at the end Of the
first quarter and 1879 at halftime.
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Morris Best, Says Hitler.
THORPE, possessing rare naturs

THORPE, possessing rare natural
ability. never studied the tech
nique necessary to perform well In
the javelin. discus and pole vault
Luck goes with the efficient. Nor.
ris is fine, outstanding young
American who was admired by all
who came in contact with him In
Berlin last year.
Hitler. when asked who he thought
was the best athlete in the eleventh
Olympiad, replied Immediately. Nor
ris, the American. He does 10 sports
and he does them well. He has speed.
strength, skill and endurance"
Owens, to many nonpartisans. ap-
peared a standout in not only the
Olympic games, but as a record
breaker in four track and field events
100 meters. 200 meters, 22o-meter
hurdles and running broad jump.
There is no doubt that Jesse was
the track and field sensation OF 1896.
To those of us who know him well. he
was more than that.
To meet Owens and talk to him for
five minutes would convince any one
that he is a sportsman and a gentle
man; "a gentleman (de1nition) Is a
man who has consideration for the
feelings Of others"
Owens status as an amateur was
never questioned until he recently be-
came a professional.
Jesse was always willing and oblig-
~, xA
his teammates cause both at Ohio
State and as member Of the Olympic
team.
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sistants' posts Marry Stuhldre-
her. Wisconsin head coach, was re-
Gently asked by 81 Burick. Dayton
News sports editor, what he consid-
cred the funniest thing he ever
saw in foot ball Cracked Stuhl.
dreher, THE 1886 Wisconsin foot
ball team" Some Wisconsin
alumni didn't think this 50 funny
But Stuhldreher Is in there
solid His team didn't win q
single major game, but at the end
Of the year they fred the president
Of the University and praised
Harry.
1t may interest and disillusion
you to know that couple Of CHI
ropodists In New York say most
good athletes have dat feet
Thsy mention Hslsn Saeess. oees
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Newsom One of Fe'
BY EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press Sports Writer

n YEW YORK. January 2o.-
N ::' q 's:s :sss s,s: :: ::ss ::::s ~: ~:
y he wants in publicity right
now Earle Brucker of the AS,
Buck Newson, Senators; Rudy
York, Tigers, and Rip Radcliffe,
White Sox, are about the only dis
satisfied players in the whole field
right now, and they've been pretty
tame about the whole thing :. OF
course, there's the great and ter
rible Dean, but somehow We seem
to have heard 1t all before.
Headline Of the week: Yanks
plant Seeds on Newark farm
Some pun. eh. kid? Michael
Francis Mike" McTisue, born In
County Clare. Ireland. got The
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No Choice Personally.

3NO OhOAtV q Ga ccAAnAAJs
THE award is based, not only on
= outstanding athletic achieve
ments. but also on qualities Of leader
ship, character and amateur example,
as well.
To those who know both Morris and
Owens personally, as do, there Is
little to choose between them 30 far
as personality is concerned.
Morris Is a great athlete and a per-
sistent youth who rose from mediocrity
to world championship. He typifies
the ideal In all-around athletic ability.
Jim Thorpe, greatest all-around
athlete ever produced in the United
States. would be far in the rear of
Glenn if both men were competing In
an all-around test when both men
were at their prime.
In fact, of the 10 events which
comprise the decathlon, Thorpe
would excel in only one-the running
high jump. Jin's best mark at this
event was 6 feet s inches.
Morris, on the other hand. could
specialize and compete successfully In
championship company in eight OF
the other events.
1.-the Of limb, strong, speedy and
aggressive, Morris Is a fine example
OF aN-sround ability. A keen student
of form, he had just one slight weak
ness-the pole vault. Knowing this.
he spent whole year trying to i'm.
prove his lone shortcoming and Glenn
cleared over IL feet In this event At
Berlin,
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Totals 20 242 Totals
Duke Fans Laud Schmarr.

DoAC EShS Ao0u cCHhAdIIs
CATHOLIC u. no wiser nor richer
than before meeting Dukes Blue
Devils, knew all along what Durham
fans found out last night-that
Hermie Schmarr was . great basket
ball player.
Pronounced the finest courtman to
appear on a Durham court in years,
Duke fans nevertheless saw their 13-
player array steam-roller the rest Of
the G. U. team, with the exception of
Whitley Ambrose, who matched
Schmarr with 13 points.
Although the lead changed hands
nine times in the first half, Duke was
ahead, 1912, at the intermission. At
the resumption Of play, before G. q.
could get started, Duke had scored 8
points and taken . 31-14 lead by the
time the first visitor had sunk q two
noinfer
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going to Glenn
Morris.
The final vote,
polled from 600
Of A m erica e s
sport leaders and
devotees of anna
t e ur athletics,
awarded the gold
medal to Morris,
the Colorad 10
youth who won
both the United
States National
and oily m p j c
decathlon cham
pionships.
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H0UGH IS SWIM CHAMP
Breaks 1OO-Yard Breast Stroke
Record in A. A. u. Win.

TRENTON, N. j., January 20 R.-
Dick Hough, Princeton University, be-
came A. A. U. 10o-yard breast stroke
champion by swimming the distance
In 1:07.6 last night.
At the Trenton Times A. "A. U. meet
he broke the long-course record Of
1:0e.3 made by Ken Degnan, Wes.
leyan University, last June.
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nave DecQ SnuDDlIl& lIlC OOuIiA-
4 erner known as Grant for sew
eral seasons now, but when accred-
tied commentators and q natural foe
man Of the net pappies like Bill TIL
den follow suit it all becomes q little
confusing.
Bitsy Grant, Of course. probabl D
not the best amateur tennis player in
the world, and the boys who know
whereof they speak always are in
sisting that he never will be tops on
account Of his lack Of size. This,
somehow, seems to be beside the
point If only because the United
States Davis Cup teams, particularly
in the last few years, have been COM
posed Of anything but the best ANA
teurs. Behind the consistent snub-
bing of Grant must be another reason.
Already this year the atom
from Atlanta twice has de-
featod Don Bulge, our No. I
ranker.
He won the Miami Biltmore tour
nament from Bulge, and within .
week he came back and repeated in
the Dixie tournament at Tampa.
Among other items, Bitsy wrested the
final set from Bulge at love, but no
body, 1t seems, loves Bitsy.
No. Is Are Soft Touches.
NOTWITHSTANDING the fact
that Grant has been doing these
things for q number Of years, the
Davis Cup bosses have seen fit to
ignore him. 1t Is granted that Grant
Is easy to overlook at first blush, in
asmuch as he weighs only 1l9 pounds
and his height is in proportion, but
If the brass hats cannot see him lit
orally they also seem to have failed
to hear Of him.
Bitsy bounced into fame sew
eral times in the past with
performances such - those
against Bulge.
When Frank Shields was ranked
No. /, the little runt gleefully knocked
him on and was quoted in the public
prints as saying that his fondest dream
was to represent the United States
in the Davis Cup matches. The brass
hats, though, were hard Of hearing
at the time.
He did 1ae same trick when Wilmer
Allison led the lists. but still it was
no 60. When he walloped Ellsworth
Vines, the best American amateur
since Tilden's salad days, it seemed
to be . cinch for him but wasn't
Now he's Inundated Budge twice in a
row, and at press time nobody OF
any account in tennis has failed to
acknowledge 1t.
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Totals 13 "a Totals 2
De Witt Stars, Though Ill.

THE thin George De Witt, center,
largely is responsible for West
ern's position in the runner-up spot,
the lanky lad scoring points despite
q mild case of influenza which he
managed to shield from Coach Cliff
Moore.
De Witt went into high-geared
action shortly after the opening Of
the final period, when Tech was lead
ing, 17-15. George bucketed q foul
shot and saw Western take the lead
on Hugo Schulze's pot shot from the
side. De Witt then scored two Sue
cessive field goals and topped his per-
formance with a successful foul shot.
Evening star., 1937-01-20
TWELFTH STREET WINS
Y. M. D. Quint Beats Sport Center
Seeks More Opposition.

The Twelfth Street Y. M. d. basket
ball team, victor last night over the
Sport Center. 55-26, on the Twelfth
Street Y court, seeks other prey. Un-
limited teams desiring games should
phone Physical Director Greene ut the
Twelfth Street Y.
In preliminary last night, Arm
strong High trimmed Monroe A. c.,
1916.
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WANT VARIETY OF FOES.

Games with unlimited, 145-pound
and 130-pound class basket ball teams
are sought by the Silver Spring Mer-
chants quints for tonight and tomor-
row with teams having courts. Man
ager Robert Linkum may be reached
by phone at Shepherd 1850 between
$50 and $50 pm.
Evening star., 1937-01-20
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY.
Basket Ball.

Loyola Of Baltimore vs.. George.
town, Tech High gym. $50.
Washington College vs.. Mary.
land, Ritchie Coliseum, College
Park, Md, 8:16.
Shenandoah VS.. Wilson Teachers,
Wilson gym, Sis.
Eastern vs.. Episcopal, Alexandria,
Va, $3.50.
Bethesda Chevy Chase vs.. Mont
gomery-Blair. Silver Spring, Nd,
$3.50.
st. Johns VS.. Central, Central
High gym, $50. 9.
Friends W. Landou, LAndon gym,
o:90
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Teachers Give Lesson.

WILSON TEACHERS hopes for a
w victory tonight are based upon
the shellacking its invading foe, Shen-
andoah, absorbed from Southeastern
last night. Not once were the visitors
in the running, no man being able to
score more than two field goals against
the local i've.
Glen Bethel and Ray Batten divided
scoring honors for Southeastern, each
sinking four goals from the floor for
eight points. Bill Albert dropped in
three and foul toss for second place
honors.
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Owens Square Shooter.
oWcno cQuhAC chOVscrs
As AN example, when he was told

n B AN example, when ne was O!u
= that he might not be needed on
the 400-meter relay team in Berlin,
he replied, Coach, have won enough
honors already, but II you think We
might lose the race If don't run, you
can count on me to keep In training,
and I'll do my best"
Owens received an offer TO become
a professional in vaudeville for . big
sum Just after his final Olympic race.
It looked swell to Jesse and he left
Germany with good financial pros
poets. When he arrived in New York
a dialogue was outlined In which he
was supposed to say he had received a
raw deal in Germany from Olympic
officials and Hitler.
THAT isn't true. can't say that"
Owens demonstrated. The contract
was destroyed in front Of Owens and
thrown into the waste basket.
That's the kind of fellow he Is.
(copyrisht, 1887. Reproduction In whole
or In part prohibited without permissionJ
Evening star., 1937-01-20
Loyola, Shoreman Good.

A THOUGH Georgetown swamped
Loyola in the last meeting of the
teams three years age, the Baltimore
team had been a nemesis to the Hoyas
for five previous years. defeating them
every time. Ed Hargaden, G. us all
America of "a led the local team to
its only victory.
Using a zone defense. Loyola gave
Manhattan battle in New York last
Saturday night before losing At that,
tonight's visitors do not loom as i'm
pressive to the Hoyas as the last six
opponents they have met-Princeton,
N. Y. u, Carnegie Tech, West Vir-
ginia. Temple and Pittsburgh. OF
that six, Georgetown disposed to three.
Loyola brings Ed Carney. one Of the
best courtmen in the State of Mary
land, as the spearhead Of its attack.
Georgetown will start the same five
who began the second half against
Pitt last Monday, namely, Harry Bas-
sin. Ed Kurtyka. Mike Petroskey,
Tommy Nolan and Carroll Shore.
Although Charlie Keller, spark plug
guard, will be lost for another week.
Maryland enters its game with Wash
ington College . slight favorite. It
has been defeated only once on its
home floor this year. It's season
record stands at an even 500, the
Terps having licked Johns Hopkins,
v. M. I. and Western Maryland and
having lost to Richmond, Washington
and Lee and Duke.
Evening star., 1937-01-20
Pro Hockey
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
National League.
Toronto, 6; Boston, 2.
Detroit, 7; Chicago. 2.
Montreal Canadiens, 1: New
York Rangers, l (tied).
Observation-Disclosures League.
Pittsburgh, 8; Springfield, 2.
American Association.
Tulsa, o; Kansas City. o (tie).
Minneapolis, 2; Wichita, /.
Evening star., 1937-01-20
Base Ball. Big Gambler Morris Athlete
How They Stand
in School Series

Yesterdays Results.
Western, %; Tech, II.
Eastern, "a; Roosevelt, Is.
Fridays Games.
Eastern vs.. Tech, Tech gym, ..
Roosevelt VS.. Wilson, Tech gym, $50.
Previous Results.
Central, %: Eastern, II.
Western, "a; Wilson, IL.
Eastern IS: Western, "a.
Tech, %; Roosevelt, 10.
Roosevelt, "a; Central, ~.
Eastern, 40; Wilson, IL.
Evening star., 1937-01-20
DECATHL0N CHAMP
.TH0RPE'SSUPER|OR
Tops Indian Star in Many
Sports, Says Robertson.
Owens Wins Praise.
BY LAWSON ROBERTSON

bf LAWSON ROBERTSON.
THERE has been considerable
comment on the James z.
Sullivan annual award, given
to the person considered out
standing as an amateur athlete and
sportsman during the previous year.
Evening star., 1937-01-20
SEEK BASKET DATES.

Columbia Beverage basketers want
games with strong 145-pound teams.
Challengers phone Columbia 1865.
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Totals - 12 731 Totals 10 Il 50
oneisls-Mr. Hawn Genoir -Rhyne). Mr..
Hendrickson (Duks),
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Et Tu. Ellsworth?

Et Tu, ElIswOrth!
ID ECENTLY Mr.. Vines, signing MS
~ name to . tennis piece, discussed
Americas Davis Cup chances and
dwelt At some length on Bulge. Gene
Mako and a couple coast kids named
Riggs and Hunt There was no men
ton Of Grant, although the South has
been In the Union for quite . few
years and is reported to be as much
a part Of the United States as Cali
fornia, which, in addition to being
Vines home State. also produced
Bulge, Mako. Riggs and Hunt.
Fred Perry, recently turned legiti-
mate pro and capitalizing on his
name over tennis stories. also has done
a fine job of writing around" Bitsy,
as they say. and even Mr.. Tilden, who
Is known to take q fiendish delight
in raking the net fathers with verbal
barrages, has failed to use Bitzy Is q
weapon with which to start q new
battle.
All Of these gentlemen, when
forced to discuss little Mr..
Grant, murmur something about
lack Of . forcef 4 game, and
this, again, seems TO be beside
the point.
With only 11o points to put back
Of . serve, Grant, naturally, has nc
service to compare with Vines or even
Of Budge's, but he atones for it by
leaving the impression on his op-
ponents, after it's over, that they have
been batting ball against a wall
1t just keeps coming back and, even
tually, the patience o. his foe Is ex-
hausted and, presto, Gran. picks up
point.
They Helped Make Victory.
WHAT really Is behind the annual
snubbing of Grant is something
(else) this department fails to know.
Maybe it's because he Is no man in
white" as the tennis boys put 1t,
meaning that Bitsy stoops to getting
dirty and sweaty in his efforts to win.
And, as Willie Dismer says it, sweat Is
sweat and spruce is spruce, and never
the twain shall meet on q Davis Cup
team.
American sports history has been
donated thrilling chapters by little
men. Nobody snubbed Mony Meyer
of Army when it came to passing out
foot ball orchids. Nor Albie Booth of
Yale, Tippy Dye Of Ohio State and
Cotton Warbuton of Southern Cali
fornia.
In base ball the feats Of the
pint-siEed long will be remem-
bered. There was Willie Keeler.
Dickie Kerr, the White Sox
pitcher, and Willie Sherdell Of
the Cardinals.
In the ring there was Jack Dillon,
along about the time Of the World
War. and, despite lacking the full
physique of heavyweight, he was q
scourge to the boys who rated, too.
Never . champion. Of course, but, like
Grant, plenty good enough.
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Comparison Is Difficult.

THE man who was beaten in 1884
claims not to know which Of the
Endeavours Is superior. q combination
of bad weather. an excess Of wind or
a lack Of it and the loss Of two of En-
deavour lis masts last Summer, max
ing comparisons almost impossible.
He will sail Endeavour II, with Sir
Ralph Gore relieving him, against En-
deavour, which will be under the COM
mand Of Capt. Ted Heard. the late
Sir Thomas Lipton's professional mas
ter.
Philip Hill and Frederick Segrist.
associated with Sopwith's aviation in
terests, are footing the original En-
deavour's bills.
Evening star., 1937-01-20
BRITISH CUP YACHT
SAILS OVER IN MAY
Tests of Endeavour II viii
Be Made by Sopwith in
Yankee Waters.
England, Janu-
- ary 20.-Endeavour II, T. o. M.
| Sopwith's challenger for the

4 Americas Cup, will leave Cos
port for New York early in May.
She now is being fitted out by
Charles Nicholson with jury rig for
the transatlantic voyage and is hav-
ing special water tanks installed and
heavy deal matches fitted over her
racing matches.
Small alterations are being made
to have the boats design conform with
Americas Cup regulations.
The first Endeavour, the old chal-
lenger. will accompany her to the
United States, where the two will race
against each other before the cup con-
test. but. neither will do any racing in
England before leaving. The expense
Of sending out the first Endeavour as
q trial boat Is being borne by syn
dicate Of British yachtSmen.
Evening star., 1937-01-20

was voted second place. A great many
sports fans wondered why. In view Of
the Negro athletes great 1886 per-
formances, Owens should finish second
in this popularity contest.
Evening star., 1937-01-20

Totals 3 723 Totals IS 5 II
Referee-o Mitchell. Umpire-Mr. En-
right.
Evening star., 1937-01-20
VARSITY QU|NTETS
IN THREE CLASHES
G. u, Maryland and Wilson
Hosts Tonight-C. U. Bows,
Southeastern Wins.

1.-TWO OF the CapitaIS major col
legiate basket ball teams play
host to q pair Of Maryland fives
tonight as Georgetown enter
tains Loyola College Of Baltimore ut
Tech High School and the University
Of Maryland takes on an old intra-
State foe, Washington College, at
College Park.
The G. U.-Loyola game. to be pre-
ceded by . tussle between the Hoya
freshmen and Dewitt, starts at $50
o'clock while the Maryland-W Washing
ton College game goes on at Ritchie
Coliseum at S:l5.
A game Of lesser importance finds
the Wilson Teachers meeting Shenan-
doah College Of West Virginia in the
Eleventh and Harvard streets gym
nasium. Shenandoah bowed to South
eastern here last night, 42-19. The
only other local five to see action last
night, Catholic University, was out
classed by Duke at Durham, N. c.,
52-3l.
Meanwhile. George WASHINGTON sup
porters were heartened by the news
that Hal Kiesel, crack forward, had
returned to the squad and undoubtedly
will be available for the Colonials'
games against Villanova and Long
Island University on the courts OF
those schools this week end.
Evening star., 1937-01-20
a.
Off"%JtGfa fan::: -
Little Man, What Now?

YOT that it's anything new. be-
cause the brass hats Of tennis
\ have been snubbing the South