Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1940-07-21
FAMOUS TENNIS
TRAINED
IN SOUTH SAYS
Lis is National
Champs

TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, Ala, |
July 18-Without a doubt the
South will soon rival the much
publicized climate of California !
in so far as the development Of
tennis players is concerned. Look !
ing back for the last ten or twelve
years, we find that the majority
of the nationally ranked players
are either natives Of the South
or have received training in the
South that carried them TO the
top. Nathaniel and Franklyn
Jackson, internationally known
tennis stars, were largely devel-
oped at Tuskegee Institute where
they received their college educa-
tions. Harmon Fitch, former Ma
tional Champion, is a product Of
North Carolina, and a graduate
of Johnson G. Smith College, Ern-
est McCampbell, former u S. In.
ter-collegiate Champion, is truly
a product of Tuskegee Institute,
having been brought South by
his parents when small boy.
Ernest was one Of the bail boys
when the first National Cham
pionships Of the American Tennis
Association ever played in the
deep South were held at Tuskegee
Institute in 1881. Warren Weaver
Of Baltimore, MARYLAND, is anoth-
er example. Christopher Hunt,
nationally ranked player and Col
ored intercollegiate Athletic As
ISOLATION Singles Champion. in
1889 is a graduate of Saint Au-
gustine's College and was devel-
9ped at that school. Lloyd Scott,
former National Singles Cham
pion, is native Of Texas and was
developed at Prairie View Col
lege by that fine tennis enthusi-
asst, Charlie Lewis. John l.. Nc
Griff, senior and John l.. McGriff,
Junior. of Portsmouth, Virginia,
as well as the Downing Brothers
Of Roanoke, Virginia are other ex-
amples Of the reign of Dixie in
Tennis. Of the young players TO-
day, Jimmie McDaniels Of Xavier
University and Richard Cohen, a
native Of New Orleans are Ma
tional Champs in their own right.
Howard MINIS and Clifford Rus
sci Of Tuskegee Institute are. ma
tionally ranked among the better
young players. AS for the Won-
en-, the South completely chang
ed Lula Billiards. style Of play
and made her again National
Champion. Margaret and Rou-
mania Peters, Tuskegee juniors,
have, been largely developed in
physical strength and general
knowledge of the game. Helen
Hutchinson, !. nationally ranked
second in girls. singles is a ma
tive of Tuskegee Institute. New
Corners. to, the South who will be
heard from are. Katherine Jones,
.Thskegee freshman, and Mayn1ie
Sldulty, ~ uShOSOG lllSIl o(lAOO1 o1A-
dent, who it seems, only needed
the sunsh inc and favorable prac-
tee facilities to- start their game
to the heights. Toprove this she
defeated both of the. Peters sisters
at the Championships Of the
South Carolina Tennis Associa-
ton the week Of July 9Th. (.
Florence Hunt of Fort Valley
Laboratory High School, runner
10 in the National Interscholas-
tic Championships here at Tuske-
gee this spring and Thelma Nc
Daniels, Tuskegee Institute High
School Junior, winner Of the Ma
+ional Interscholastic Singles
championship are other examples.
There are many other players
who are coming through fast be-
cause of the available practice
facilities at the schools and col
legesi throughout the South. H