Evening star., 1962-08-19

Since the serve is a major !
told he can serve-by taking
providing housing, by taking
them shopping and by provid-
ing transportation.
For $125, a fellow will have
the satisfaction Of knowing
that a visiting player will be
housed at a midtown New
York hotel and get his break
fast and dinners for ii days.
Blase New Yorkers apparently
are warming to the idea.
This touch" system is nee
esSary because the Nationals
this year will have its largest
foreign delegation ever and the
expenses are abnormally high.
Players from Czechoslovakia.
Yugoslavia. Poland, Germany,
Australia, England, Israel, Den
mark, Sweden, Brazil, Ireland,
India and almost every other
country recognized by Rand
McNally are expected. Even
the Russians have entered for
the first time, presumably get
ting. as one wit put it, the
Red" light.
Whitney Reed. the United
States top-ranked player and
fun-lover, forgot about some Of
his own troubles recently to
tout Fred Stole, the AusSie
bank clerk who won the recent
Eastern championship and
Meadows Club Invitational.
Reed says he was impressed
with Stolle's casual touch
around the net, the soft cross
courts and drop-volleys. and
added that Stole could take
Rod Laver, Roy Emerson, Neale
Fraser or any of the top play
ers at Forest Hills if he con-
tinues to play as he has.
Stole. fifth-ranked in Aus
tralia, is %, 6 feet 2, los
pounds and rather frank about
his own capabilities.
I've never come close to
Laver," Stolle admits. He hits
winners off my serve. and it
gets demoralizing. I've gone five
sets with Emerson a couple Of
times. but I'm 0-4 with Fraser.
just can't get games off him.
seem to be completely psyched
out"
If Harcourt Woods. the Davis
Cup chairman has his way, the
United States grasS-court cir
cult in the future won't be
stripped of American Davis Cup
stars, as happened this year.
Woods wants the four coun-
tries who usually challenge in
the American zone-British
West Indies. Canada, Mexico
and the United States-to play
an elimination tournament,
preferably the week after VIM
bledon.
This wouldn't conflict with
any major United States tour
ney and would make it possible
tor players like Chuck McKin-
ley. Jon Douglas and Dennis
Ralston, who missed most of
the circuit this year, TO partici-
pate. Sounds like a sound idea.
which probably means it is
doomed.
Area notes: Donna Floyd, the
Arlington gal and National clay
courts champion, will be in the
National doubles beginning this
week at Brookline. Mass, with
Judy Tegart of Australia. This
is the twosome that went to
The quarter-f finals at Wimble-
don. Donald Dell also will be
back from his Russian excur-
sion and undoubtedly will team
with Bill Bond. They're ranked
No. 2 nationally and recently
won the Eastern doubles title
at South Orange, N. j.
Three other area combina-
tions will participate in another
portion Of the tournament, the
father-son event. Joining Hugh
Lynch, jr., and Hugh Lynch,
III, winners of last years Ma
tional father-son clay courts
title, will be John and Tony
Thompson, ranked No. II ma
tionally, and Bud and Smokey
Miller, ranked No. 18.
Tom Murphy reports that the
16-and-under bracket at the
Edgemoor junior invitational
was the strongest ever this year
due to improving players and
the USLTA's change in the age
diviSion-from 15-and-under to
16-and-under. One of the real
crowd-pleasers was little nine
year-old Harold Solomon, who
played in the 14-and-under
bracket and went to the third
round before losing a three
setter. Tagged as the most i'm
proved player over one year
was Bob Davis in the 18-and-
under division. o.. Richmonder
o. H. Parrish, one Of the Mid
die Atlantic's ranked players,
suffered a broken wrist recently
and is through playing tennis