Evening star., 1946-09-08
Brown Flashes
Brilliant Tennis
Rout ku||oy
Faces Kramer for Title
After 3-Set Victory;
Betz Meets Hart
BY the Associoied Press

rORE0I HILLS, sept. 7.-There
no longer was any doubt tonight
that a new and brilliant star had
shown up in the world tennis.
firmament-not after $4,000 pop
eyed fans had watched that slam
ming exmortar gunner from San
Francisco, Tom Brown, jr., give
Gardnar Mulloy of Miami an un-
merciful GA, 60, 6-4 beating in the
national semifinals.
Capt. Walter Pate of the Ameri-
can Davis Cup Team, marveling as
the 23-year-old coast sensation took
the second of his players over the
hurdles in less than "A hours. ex-
ploded. THAT boy is playing out-of-
this-world tennis"
1t was all of that. If ANYTHING
Brown, who is not even ranked in
the first 10 nationally, flashed a
more superlative all-around game
today than he did yesterday in
turning back the defending cham
plon, frankie Parker, in five sets.
Crowd Cheers His Shots.
More than a score of times dur
ing the even hour it took him to
crush Mulloy he had the overflow
crowd in the stadium standing and
wildly cheering his rifle shots that
clipped the lines and left Mulloy
shaking his head helplessly.
The gates to the packed stadium
were locked long before the mems
semifinal play began, with every
seat in the stadium occupied and
thousands of fans milling around
outside, trying to get in. 1t was
easily the greatest crowd to attend
the championship.
tomorrow Brown meets the final
test OF his potential greatness in a
f1ve-set final against Jack Kramer.
only surviving member of the Davis
Cup team. If he sustains the tennis
he has played the last two DAYS he
could be the new champion tomor-
row night.
Kramer scarcely drew deep
breath In winning his semifnal
from Bob Falkenburg, the promis-
ing young intercollegiate champion
from Hollywood, who had advanced
beyond his depth with an upset VIC
tory over Billy Talbert in the quar-
ter finals. 1t was the voice of ex-
perience that spoke to Bob today,
and it said Go, Ga. 614.
Kramer, by forcing his way to the
net any time he wished and put
ting the ball away without fear of
being passed, probably spoiled any
chance the kid had of going to Aus
tralia with the Davis Cup team this
winter.
Brown Due for Place.
Brown, on the other hand, Just
about wrapped up a place on the
cup squad, though it is too late for
him to be included in the lineup
against Sweden here next week
Capt. Pape said he hoped to take
Six-man team to Australia and
that Brown was more than a DOS
sibility."
Pauline Betz disposed, rather
easily, Of Mrs. Patricia Canning
Todd of La Jolla, Calf, by Ga
6-3, in the embarrassing women's
semif1nal today. Mrs. Todd, who
had reached the semifinal on a
wave of indignation because the
seeding committee put her down at
No. 6, did not have the game to
match Miss Betz's, and could never
make much of a match of it.
In the women's final, which will
open tomorrow's program, Miss
Betz will attempt to nail down her
fourth national title at the expense
of Doris Hart of Miami, who be-
came surprise finalist by licking
Margaret Osborne and Mrs. Mary
Arnold Prentiss in her last two
matches. The odds favored Miss
Betz, who won it in AZ, '43 and "A
Miss Hart never before reached the
last round.