Evening star., 1938-09-02
RiiggS' National Net Path Rocky
HARDEST Quarter
DRAWN BY BOBBY
Quist Favored More Than
Bulge, BromWich in List.
Women's Field Keen.
BY BILL BONI,
Associat ted Press SPORTS Writer,


NEW YORK. Sept. "A number Of
things had become evident today about
the national tennis situation, but the
three outstanding developments were
that:
A. OF the four top favorites for the
United States mems singles title in the
championships starting next Thursday
at Forest Hills. Bobby Riggs drew the
hardest quarter and Adrian Quist the
softest, while the tasks set Don Bulge
and John Bromwich are about even.
B. Competition for the women's title,
with Is of the "a players seeded,
should, with the exception Of Helen
Wills Moody's absence. be as keen
and colorful as that at Wimbledon.
c. The United States mems first 10
for 1888 will include several young
stalwarts who weren't even in the 1887
picture.
With Davis Cup stars from Australia,
England. France, Yugoslavia and
Japan Tn the field against the best the
United States has to offer, no player
Is going to have an easy time reaching
the semi-final round.
Quist- Bulge Match Looms.
But Quist, Australias handsome 25-
year-old veteran, should get by the
first three rounds without mussing his
neatly parted hair; should meet Bitsy
Grant in the fourth, Sidney Wood in
the quarter finals, and then face
Bulge, who needs to add q second
United States championship to his
three other titles for one-year
grand SIAM"
Riggs, on the other hand, is in for
tough matches from the moment he
gets by the first round. If form holds
true he should face, in order, Frank
Guernsey, the intercollegiate cham
pion; Ronald shayes, English Davis
Cup Conner; Fumiteru Nakano, Jap
anese cupper, and Ferenc Puncec. able
star Of the Yugoslavian Cup forces
and third-seeded foreigner.
Bulge and Bromwich, at the top and
the bottom of the draw, respectively
also will have enough on their hands
to keep their games from getting
rusty. After first-round byes and
easy second-round matches, Bulge
should 90 up against Jack Kramer
promising interscholastic champion;
Charles Hare. English giant who took
him to % games In the first set of their
1887 challenge round match, and FL
wood Cooke Of Portland. Oreg., or Ber-
nard Destremeau Of France. while
Bromwick probably will tackle Ernest
Sutter or Frank Shields, Frankie
Parker and Joe Hunt.
No Soft Spot In Fair Field.
There are no soft spots in the wom-
ems field. Helen Jacobs was ranked
first in quest Of her nth U. S. title
with Jadwiga (Ja-ja) Jedrzejowska Of
Poland the foreign No. l. Barring up
sets. 1t should be Berkeley Heller
against Frances Nine. Rene Matthew
and Ja-ja against Alice Marble, 1886
champion. in the semi-finals.
That Wood, Cooke and Frank Ko-
vacs were seeded fourth, fifth and
sixth and that Parker and Grant were
placed In the last two positions is In
dication enough the first 10 is in for
sharp revision. Wood was unmarked q
year ago for lack of sufficient evidence;
Cooke was at the bottom Of the list
at No. %. and Kovacs was No. 2 in
the junior division. while Parker and
Grant were third and fourth, behind
Bulge and Riggs.
Others who. by making a good show
ing at Forest Hills. can put in their
bids for flrst-lo places given In 1887
to Wayne Sabin, Hal Surface, Gene
Mako, Don Mcneil and Johnny Var
Ryn are Guernsey, GardnAr Mulloy
Archie Henderson and Gil Hunt.