LAWN TENNIS Schroeder Irate: Reply To Critics

Greymouth Evening Star, 12 February 1947, Page 9

LAWN TENNIS Schroeder Irate: Reply To Critics

“I am sick and tired of being run down in print by a bunch of crystalgazers who really don’t, know too much about what they write declared Davis Cup star Ted Schroeder, in a letter to the New York Herald-Tribune. T . j He writes, “Naturally I wanted to play against the Australians ana thought I could win. I won. Surely no one can require more of me. “Concerning Frank Parker’s protests at being left out of the team, this is none of my business though I do believe that sound judgment and logic are lacking in his published interviews.” . . Schroeder also replies specifically to an article by > Herald-Tribune sports writer, Fred Hawthoi ne, who had written, “There are many, including me, who believe that Parker would also have beaten Bromwich and Trails, had be been given the opportunity.” Commenting on this Schroeder says: “Hawthorne is out of line a little. Ask him if Parker ever beat me on grass. Ask him how many games Parker won in three sets from this same Bromwich in the fifth and deciding match in the 1939 challenge round. “This same Hawthorne, writing in New York City, says Bromwich has slipped. I played Bromwich in. 1939 and twice in the.last year, and I say he is good. Pay your money and take your choice.”