Evening star., 1938-08-23
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From The
Press Box
Davis Cup Threat Seen
In Ambidextrous Aussie.
BY JOHN LARDNER,

Special Correspondent of The Star.
NEW YORK. Aug 23.-To get some
light on the Davis Cup tennis situa-
ton as Of this week we turn gently
but firmly to page 1876 Of McVickers'
Handy Guide to Davis Cup Tennis, or
Further Adventures Of George Gar
ter Snake" a little book which is SELL
ing like hot cakes.
To be exact, it is selling like six
hot cakes. at $l.50 copy, making So
IN all. When the sale passes $40
McVickers plans to retire-and he has
every right to do 50. having been up
since $50 this morning, when the
kids next door began to nail the
piano to the floor.
The great authority has much of
interest to say about Australian ten
mis- plapers, especially ambldextrous
Australian tennis players. Take, for in
stance, John Bromwich, the No. 2
player on this years Australian Davis
Cup team.
Couses Greet Confusion
BY Variety of Strokine.
"Bromwich" says Mcvickers, sis a
Australian tennis player per Sc. Hit
ting his forehand drives with both
hands, his backhand with his left
. hand. his left hand with his forehand
and his right hand with his left foot,
he is source of constant confusion
to the enemy per Sc
Born of well-to-do parents, Brom-
wich had the bad luck to hit his
forehand with a hammer as a boy.
Ever since that time he has hit his
fnrehand with either his right or his
left hand, while holding the ball be-
tween his teeth. The same thing
applies to his service"
The author goes on to say that the
service is terrible all over Australia,
which need not concern us here.
Furthermore" writes McVickers on
page 1877. this fine player is unique,
per Sc. in the fact that he hits his
backhand with his forehand instead
Of with both hands. Or, rather, he
hits his forehand off the backhand
side. with either the left hand or the
right hand. but never with both, ex-
cept of the backhand. Or. rather
Say" complains the author at this
point getting badly confused, what
the hell is it that Bromwich does?"
Turning hastily to page l40 we find
the answer to this question in foot
note.
Il think he kicks it," says NC
Vickers.
Difficult to Determine
Just Which Hand He Uses.
Well. we will leave the great all
thority to his thoughts. The simple
truth is that BromWich, being ambi-
dextrous. is able to hit his back
hand with both hands while hitting
his forehand with either the right or
the left hand. This permits him to
serve with his left, but he doesn't
He serves with his right. Or is it his
left. per Sc.
Henner Henkel, the German Davis
Cup ace. played match with Brom-
wich last week Henkel had a copy
OF McVickers in his hand. but he
threw it away at the end of the first
set.
This is getting me nowhere, ia
wohl," said the angry Teuton
1t seems that Bromwich, because
he hits his backhand with no hands,
or both. must get rid of the extra
ball when he serves Maybe I could
do this better with diagrams, but
the stores are closed He serves with
two balls in his hand If the first
serve is good, he must get rid of the
other ball, in order to have both
hands free for his backhand. or any
other social problem that comes
along.