Evening star., 1953-06-21
Maureen Connolly
And Young RoseWa|I
Top-Seeded Players
BV the Asseeiated Press


ment, which started with a Gro
quet game and a garden party II
Victorian London In 1877-oper
Monday with a bunch of young
sters holding the spotlight.
The field for the 67th cham.
pionships is 224-128 men and 81
women. Some competitors are
so young they hardly can be
called men and women.
The top-seeded players in bott
mems and women's singles ars
18-year-olds, Ken Rosewall OF
Huntsville, New South Wales
Australia, and Maureen Connolly
of San Diego. Calf.
Besides those two there are
other youthful stars: including
Lewis Hoad, another 18-year-old
from Australia, who is seeded
sixth.
Old Guard Still in Picture
The old guard of international
tennis isn't completely out of the
picture, not as long as Jaroslav
Drobney, 81. of Egypt: Gardnar
Mulloy, 40, of Miami Beach, Fla. !;
and Hungary's Josef Asboth, 35,
are around.
Drobny has been a Wimbledon
f1nalist twice, despite an erratic
backhand. But the stocky Czech,
who made an exile of himself in
1949, has a following of fans
who Stoutly believe this is
Drobny's year.
Others say this is his last
chance, the last time he reason
ably can be considered con-
tender, and that the dour left
handler just isn't good enough
these days and lucky enough to
take the title.
Fortunes of modern tennis
and past performances indicate
strongly the mems singles cham
pion will be an Australian and
that America again will supply
the queen. European, South
American, South African and
Indian entries hardly are con-
sidered as possible champs.
Tourney Runs until July 4.
The tournament runs until
July 4 and. generally speaking.
during the early rounds players
will be called every other day.
On intervening days they will
practice at other clubs. rest, or
watch play in the tournament.
The show will progress on Is
magnificently manicured grass
courts, plus the incompatible
center court. Most players never
will perform on the center or the
No. l courts. They don't rate
such f1ossy assignments.
For singles only, eight men
and eight women were seeded
instead of the usual 10 or IL.
After the rest of the players
were drawn, the third quarter
Immediately looked like the
toughest for the men.
In that quarter are Drobny.
fourth-seeded: Enrique Morea of
Argentina, seeded eighth; Ameri-
cans Bulge Patty Of Los Ange-
les, Barnard Bartzen of San An
gelo, Tex, and Grant Golden of
Wilmette, H.; Asboth; Austral-
ians Rex Hartwig. Give Wilder
spin and Ian Ayre; Ian MacDon-
aid of Trinidad, Sven Dawson
of Sweden, Frances Barnard
Destremau and E. P. Argon of
Uruguay.
SeixaS in Top Quarter.
The top quarter included Vic
Seixas of Philadelphia, seeded
second: Hoad; PHILIPPE, Washer,
Belgium; George Worthington,
former Australian now playing
out of New Zealand; Armando
Vieira, Brazil; Britain'S Tony
Mottram; Felicisimo Ampon,
Philippine Davis Cup star: Len
mart Bergelin, Swedish star who
is recovering from an injured
shoulder, and Hans Edel, Aus
tria's one-armed player.
The fourth quarter includes
Rosewall: Mulloy. seeded fifth:
1taly's Fausto Gardini, probably
the best singles player in Europe:
Kurt Nielsen. Denmark; Jack
Arkinstall, Australia. and Ray
mundo Deyro. Philippines.
The easiest quarter may be
the second. Seeded players there
are Art Larsen, San Leandro,
Calf, No. Z. and Mervin Rose.
Australia, No. 3. Other strong
players are Torben Ulrich, Den
mark, Torsten Johansson, Swe-
den, and Belgium's fast-develop-
ing Jackie Brichant.
Connolly Hart Duel Likely.
The women's singles is likely
to wind up in another duel be-
tween Little mo" Connolly,
holder of an unprecedented col
lection of National titles-Amer-
lean, British, French and Aus
stralian-and taller, older Doris
Hart Of Coral Gables, Fla. So il
doesn't seem to matter much how
thev advance to the finals.
Shirley Fry of Akron, Ohio
the most likely candidate to pro-
vide an upset, is seeded thilS
and goes into the lower half OF
the draw with Miss Connolly
Mrs. Susan Partridge Charter Of
France. Mrs. Nelly Adamson o.
France, Maria Weiss Of Argen-
tina, Julia Sampson of Pasadena
Calf. Britain's Shirley Bloomel
and Mrs. F. Ten Bosch of Hol.
land.
Miss Hart, a former Wimble.
don champion. heads the upper
half which includes Mrs. Doro.