Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-05
Froeh|ing Ends
Aussies' Reiqn
Al Forest Hills
BY STEVE GUBACK
Star Staff Writer

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FOREST HILLS, N. Y, Sept.
SITS almost as if they broke
up the Yankees in baseball.
For the first time since 1850,
the Australians don't have a
player in the mems quarter
finals of the National Tennis
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to Jack
Kramer and Frank Froehling.
Froehling is so tall that you
can hardly miss him, but our
Davis Cup Committee did. So
Frank figured he'd make a
scene.
Before a cheering throng at
the grandstand court here yes
terday, Froehling knocked out
Roy Emerson, the No. 2 seed
from Australia, Ga, As, 81,
60, and created the sort of
excitement they must have had
the day they discovered gold
at Suffers Mill.
Streak Ended
Emerson was the champion
here in 1861 and a finalist last
year, but the AusSies aren't
what they used to be. All the
other good ones, thanks to
Kramer's money-bags, have
turned pro. So there isn't any
bench to fall back on, thus a
string of eight straight Aus
tralian title-winners has ended.
Oddly enough, the final
hatchet-job was by a fellow
who is having difficulty getting
recognized by the tennis big
wigs. II don't see how they
can overlook me now" Froeh-
ling said with a smile.
His booming service almost
unreturnable, Froehling kept
Emerson on the defensive, just
the way he has the Davis Cup
Committee now.
That's what happens when
a guy gets hungry" Bob
Kelleher, the Davis Cup cap
tain, said.
Hungry At 6-foot-31a and.
a rail-thin ITO pounds, Froeh-
ling looks starved. He is, tennis
wise, to use the Madison Ave
nue. term.
Snubbed by Board
The Davis Cup selection
board snubbed him Tuesday
when 1t picked Arthur Ashe,
Gene Scott, Marty RiesSen and
Dennis Ralston to meet Vene-
zuela next week. This didn't
exactly make Froehling angry.
1t did make him determined.
He's had his mind set on going
to Australia.
If the United States beats
Venezuela, as expected, therell
be matches later against Eng
land, India and Australia.
Froehling figures he has earned
the right to be counted in on
these.
Froehling's triumph gives the
United States four players in
the quarter finals. Top-seeded
Mckinley, who is picking up
steam each round, belted Larry
Nagler, a UCLA law student,
81, Ga, Ga, 60. Ralston,
the thirG-seed, eliminated John
Newcombe, an Australian teen
ager, 6-3, Ga, 3-6, IS.
RieSsen, who like Froehling is
unseeded, mauled Dave Sande-
lin, another UCLA entrant,
6@, 90, "a.
Brazilians Surprise
Completing the cast are two
surprising Brazilians, Thomas
Koch and Ronnie Barnes, who
next meet Mckinley and Raj
Ston. respectively; plus fourth
seeded Rafael Osuna of Mexico
and sixth-ranked Bobby Wilson
of England. Osuna ousted Pierre
Darmon of France, "a, 90,
As, 3-6. 90, while Wilson
eliminated Cliff Buchholz of st.
Louis, 6-3, 60, 81.
The women'S division also
had a surprise or two yesterday.
Third-seeded Billie Jean Moi
fit, losing 5-3 leads in the
last two sets, was upset by
tiny Deidre Gait of England,
2-6, 8-6, rs. Second-seeded
Darlene Hard, although not
beaten, had to fight off a
match point before nipping
Australians Judy Tegart, SO,
6-3, 1913, in a real cliff
hanger. In the ho-hum cate
CORY, top = seeded Margaret
Smith, the defending champion,
continued to romp, this time,
81, 6-3, over Scotland'S Joyce
Barclay.
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