The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-28
Schroeder TOQuit Net Come Soon
By PHm CURRAN

put a stop to the complete route of the Australian Davls cup team to~ day, but local tennis cidcles buzzed with these developments after posb- ponement Of the final pair of singles matches until Monday
 IL Announcement Shat Ted Schroeder would f0rsake big~tilne tennis In the future to devote his time to business.
 2-Decision of the Australian Davis cup leaders to plot an imme- diate rebuilding Of the team 2or the 1047 games.
 Humiliated by the sound trounc~ ing handed their team by Schroeder and Jack Kramer, who cllnched the cup by winning both the singles and the doubles matches in the first two days Of play, the Australians plan ned a complete reshufing for next year.
 It was announced that Kramer and walter Pate, non-playing cap tain of the Q. S. team, would leave for San Francisco by air on Jan. 5 with the throphy cup They recetv- ed the consent of Holcombe Ward, president I othe U. s. Lawn Tennis Association, for the cup to be trans ported in that fashion. Two BfBls Better
 Meanwhile, they got down to the business of comparing Schroeder and Kramer with past American tennis greats.
 The general opinion was that, al- though Kramer and Schroeder make up very formidable combination, they hardly equal Bin Tilden and Bill Johnston, who also took the cup from Australia.
 Neither is Kramar considered as good as Don Budge, now one of the nations op-profeSsionals But local experts predict that he may become so ''in another year or two"
 Schroeder, of course, Is the hero of the hour He is regarded as the finest tactician and one Of the shrewdest, most determined players ever to perform in this land.
 Although the Australian realize Kramer's all-around game probably is superior to that of Schroeder,s, they are inclined to rate Schroeder higher at the moment because of his ability to get the most out of every stroke-and for the brilliant heights he reached for the Davis cup play.
 The rebuilding Of the Austrah ge cup team win be started at a meet ing of the tennis councillors in late January at which time it is ex- pected there will be a clean sweep to drop the older heads and try the youngsters
 Only Jack Bromwich will remain as the bulwark around which to build team eeatur1ng youngsters. The Australians think that failure of Bromwich to get in any inter national practice before the cham pionship matches is to blame for his poor showing. He was defeated by Schroeder in the singles and then lost in the doubles while paired with Adrian Quist.
 The lineup Monday will send Kramer against Bromwich and Gardnar Muloy against pals, with enither match having any bearing on the championship outcmoe Quist was left of the Australian card which probably means he has said his goodbye to international tennis.
 Bromwich had specifically asked Man entiumaiiTpfpGard
 decide which is the better player. Jack was irked earlier today by comments that he made the request | with the idea Kramar might have | broken training at last nights din- ner party, and today'S postpone ment pleased him in the knowledge l that Kramer certainly would be in top form by Monday.
 Business Man
 Schroeder said this was his last appearance in the big time tennis circles, as he hopes to devote more time to his business as sales repre- sentative for a refrigerator concern in Southern California.
 Fails has an uncertain future in the Australian considerations Des- pite a beautiful, bu1let-hke service | and a smooth backhand, Dinny lacks polish and temperament for tournament play. It is believed he will have to add variety of strokes and improve his ground covering ability to retain a place on the squad.
 Geoffry Brown, rl1nner-up to YRon | Petra in the Wimbledon singles, is rated a good prospect for the future Colin Long, the bespectacled star with the terrific overhead smash ing game, is considered too old at | 2s for much development work, but may earn a berth as Bromwichs new doubles partner.
 Bill Sidewen, a 26-ysar-old free hitting classical stylist, is rated a good guess to make the next team. It was believed he would have made | this years squad except for a head injury suffered shortly before selec- tion of the team.
 Among the teen-agers, the best | prospects are Frank SedgnTan, 19, the national junior champion; and l George Worthington, 1B. Unlike Bromwich, pails and Quist, these two youngsters have developed a slashing type of game that is rem iniscent o fthat played by the Amer jeans.
 These two youngsters pressed Frankie Parker and Tom Brown in four hard sets in the victorian l doubles championships a few weeks ago and drew a lot of favorable comment by those making plans for the future.
 BAYLOR DEFENDS
 Waco, Tex-Baylor is defending |