The daily independent., 1937-04-02
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BY JACK CUDDY

sr&ia. is campaigning for inter
aatienal competition among wo-
mems tennis teams, similar to Da-
Wis cup pl2,' en,cmg the men.
Brooke one-time ace of Aus
tral.&n Davis cup teams. sailed to-
night for London &5oard the Bre-
men. accompanied by his wife
and daughter. Herscy. But before
crossing the gangplank. he prom
issd reporters to present the ten
MS gals case before the Interna-
,ionai Lawn Tennis Federation
meeting at LCndon in July.
The cut tanding development
n tennis during the past five or
six years has been the progress Of
women players" said the man
who performed on nine Davis cup
teams from down under. He
eniuhGs!zed that there were al
mist as many women participating
Il the ganle now 4, men in the
tennis countries" and that the
world has more exceptionally fine
women players now than ever be-
fore.
BrookcS. who stopped off in
New York for two days on his
oug journey from Melbourne tC
London. expressed confidence that
Australia. the United States, Eng
and. France. Germany. Italy and
perhaps one or two other contl-
.entaI countries would be .uffi-
Gently interested to inaugurate in
rcguauOnal competition for wo-
mems teams.
Would this interfere with or
end Wighrman cup team play be-
tween American and British wo-
men? BrookeS saw no reason why
il Should. Personally. he would be
most gratified if WiGhtman cup
play could be extended TO include
The ether tennis countriec. How
ever he believed certain per-
sons" in England might be op-
posed TO this.
One of the important angles
in establishing women'S cup play
Is that of finance" he continued.
In the PAST. the various tennis
as ociationS would have been re-
:uctant to try to finance wOmen'S
teams. But because Of the inCreaS-
ed interest in womenS play and
The ability of wOmen'S tourna-
mems to support themselves at
the gate. I doubt if We will be
confronted with that reluctance
now.
ByooECs. vino has been pre- ident
Of the Australian association for
l.ue years. is a medium-Sized,
l."-hared man of SO. A long
white scar sweeps across his up
per forehead and down toward hi
Ug.c brow. A JraCery of other
>cags 5 noticed lust to the right
of his nose. He suffered these
sears n a nearly fatal motor ac-
ciiCnt five years ago. He is a
Wealthy man. He and his two
brothers Craze 10000 .heep in
30O.OO0-acre ranch in central
Queensland. own paper mills and
are interested in several banking
and insurance corporations.
Concerning this years Da-
us cup play. BrCokes agrees with
mot of the tennis experts that
England will have little chance Of
retaining the trophy now that
Fred Ferry has turned pro. He be-
lieycS Australia, the United States
and Germany are the three most
formidable COntenderS, and he
hopes that Australia has the best
chance.
Adrian QuiSt. Vivian MCGrath.
Jack Crawford and g newcomer,
John BrOmwich comprise the team
now Cnroute to the United States,
he aid. Quist will handle one sim
eICs ASSIGNMENT, and either the
veteran Crawford or 2O-year-old
MCGrath will have the other.
Crawford and QuiSt probably will
be the doubles tandem. BrookeS
said Bromwich probably would see
some singles play in the first tie
against Mexico. but he doubted
if BromwiCh would be ,ent in la
ter against the United StateS-be-
cause he is only 10, and needs
more international seasoning.
"ThiI BromWiCh is the most un-
orthodox player l ever saw"
Brookes concluded. He SCrveT
with his right hand, but depends
upon his left fOrehand, and uses
a twO-handCd backhand. Some
times l think nc is ambi- -deXtrouS
and sometimes l don't But he's a
very good player. lie lost to Nc
Grath i'm the Australian singles
finals Iii January. but he beat
Crawford in al earlier round. And
h" forced Crawford TO five close
-sts III the New South Wales
championships.