The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-27
Banner TEST
Is Seen Here
For Youths
By HARRY COSTELLO

Louis I. Doyle, Washington's
veteran tennis official, will be the
official referee Of the Times
Hearst Grand National Amateur
tennis tournament to be played
June IL to June 20, inclusive, on
the courts of Potomac and Rock
Greek parks.
This means that Mr.. Doyle,
noted far and wide for his capa-
bilities as q tennis official, will
run The Times tourney. Further,
it means that Of the 10 Hearst
Journeys, to be conducted in ID
metropolitan areas throughout the
United States, none will be better
conducted than The Times Wash
ington tourney.
Mr.. Doyle, for years interested
in the development OF younger
players will be aided in The Times
tournament by his fellow-members
Of the Junior Davis Cup tryout
group selection committee: Major
Charles w. Christenberry, Tom
Mangan, Clarence Charest and
Clarence E. Phillips.
The same committee will act as
arrangements committee, with
Major ChriStenberry as chairman.
Major Christenberry is chair
man of the Junior Davis Cup Sc
lection committee.
Young tennis players of Wash
ington and vicinity-players with
ambitions to become Davis Cup
ought to study the career
of John Edward Bromwich, 18-
year-old lad who will play with
the Australian team against the
Americans in the Davis Cup tie
matches at Forest Hills, Long
Island, Saturday, Sunday and
Monday.
Won Junior Title in 1888
Bromwich, who was born at
Kogarah, New South Wales, No
vember IA, 1918, won his first
junior championship in 1885, and
here, two years later, he Is mem
Der Of the Australian Davis Cup
team
The colorful youngster from
Down Under enters his first sea-
son Of Davis Cup play with the
record Of having defeated nearly
every Australian player Of note.
He beat Adrian QuiSt, 1885 Aus
tralian champion, in the New
South Wales championships, and
Jack Crawford In the Semifnal OF
the Australian championship
played at Sydney in January. In
that tourney, Bromwich was a
finahst along with Vivian Nc
Grath.
In his match against Crawford,
in the seminal of the Australian
championship, Bromwich, tn e
''baby" Of the tournament, proved
superbly steady, and it was this
steadiness under fire which
brought him through against the
brilliant service and smashes OF an
older player who is a master OF
these tennis arts.
DeEeaGe@ YamaSlSm
In 1895, after he had won the
South Australia championship,
Bromwich went to Japan where he
met and defeated Yamagishi. No. !
ranking Japanese player and cap
tain of the japanese Davis Cup
team which played and was de-
feated by the United States team
in San Francisco in April.
Experts who witnessed the final
Of the Australian championship.
with Bromwich pitted against NC
Grath, concede the youthful Brom-
wich to be every whit McGrath's
equal in stroke production, that
John Edwards volleyS, high and
low, and his service are mastery.
Bromwich lost to McGrath only be-
cause his court tactics and judg-
ment were not on a par with those
of his more experienced opponent.
Critics who saw Bromwich win
over Quist insist they still marvel
at the way the youngster con-
trolled his drives until he got a
weak or short ball when he swept
in behind his vicious drive to
the net to put the ball away.
In style Of play, Bromwich is