The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-05

Californian Wins Handily Over
Aussie; Segura-McGregOr Split


missed consistently when the pay
off came. Obviously weary, he
soon wilted in the face of the cool,
long game displayed by the cham
pion who used a minimum of eff
fort in forcing the match. Again,
Kramer's tremendous forehand
was his best tool as he captured
the last four games handily to take
the set and the match.
Segura and Kramer then team
ed up to tackle the Australian
doubles combination in a hard
fought duel that was captured by
the U. S. team, 5-4 before an end
! was called to the days tennis acti-
vities.
Again, Kramer was in command
of the situation although the Nc.
Gregor-Sedgman duo played sterl.
| ing tennis. Here, their work in the
fore-court PAID off when they con.
Sistently lobbed and drove the
| ball well.
| But when the points were add.
ed up, it was again Kramer'S pow.
er that gave him the edge.
In the Segura-McGregor match,
the colorful Ecuadorian copied
the first two games easily, pune.
tuated with his characteristic
screams and comments directed
at himself. MeGregor's service
was not sfunctioning at its peak
when he piled up four double
! faults to hurt his cause.
Segura, making use of his high.
ly rated two hand attack, showed
plenty of power when he made
the bigger Australian work hard
for every point ne made.
But in the second set, Segurs
let down viSibly. When MeGregor
placed his shots cagily, Segurs
seldom made an effort to retrieve
them and at one point, he simply
turned his back on MeGregor's
drive. The Australian took the sci
handily, 6-2.
RACKET RAMBLINGS: The
matches were delayed when Sc
gura, who is not an American
citizen, ran afoul of the McCar.
ran Act in Havana. His visa
which was about to expire, held
up the troupe and they did moi
arrive in Key West until the time
that the match was scheduled for
Eddie Herr, Miami Beach net
impressario, presided as the re
fierce for the initial set and Their
Gardnar Mulloy, with his pretty
orange socks, relieved him Of his
duties. Eddie was mucho enthu
siastic about the response Key
| Westers gave his initial effort
here and he promised further
action for the future.
He mentioned a match which he
may schedule under the lights al
Bayview Park he is trying Il
lime up an opponent for Miami''
Gardnar Mulloy, 10 less.
| After the gruelling singles
matches, the performers relaxed
somewhat in the doubles warmuI
and they exchanged ocular re
marks with the fans and each
other. When Segura asked Kra
mer. if he thought he could whiI
3a-year-old Gardnar Mulloy. the
nation number one amateur, tbs
| Californian replied: Il used to dC
/ it when he was younger but I'm
| not sure that / could do the tricl
+ now. 2"
| Jack Sellers, local net afficlon
ado, renewed an cid acquaintance
with Mulloy, whom he used te
play against in Miami year ago. "
Next appearance for the troupe
/ is in Fort Benning On Friday.
Peter Varela was presented with
the John Sp0tts'sood Trophy b.
/ Mulloy during the intermission and
Navy champs Bob Robson and
| John McNulty we're awarded tbs
doubles trophy.
/ Leo Carey, an Up and coming
star on the local net scene, was
gwen the Junior Singles award
and he then teamed with Frank
Roberts for the doubles presenta.
ton.