DAVIS CUP TENNIS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 254, 23 September 1933, Page 7

DAVIS CUP TENNIS.

VINES MAKES STATEMENT. “TREATED LIKE BABIES.” Received September 23, 11.45 a.m. NEWPORT, Rhode Island, Sept. 22. In a statement published on Friday and given here on the understanding that it would be held until the end of his 1933 campaign, which followed his defeat by Tidbail at Los Angeles, H. E. Vines declared:—“We were not good enough in Paris to beat the English Davis Cup team, but there were several factors in the preparation of the team militating against success. For one thing, we were treated like babies. After the first act one night at a Paris theatre we were bundled out to a hotel during the sizzling heat and were unable to sleep. “The air of super-seriousness that marked all our actions was depressing. Lott, Allison, Van Ryn and I have been through Cup play previously and did not have to be convinced of its seriousness. There were phases of the training that were not in the best interest of the team. The best plan for the United States to follow in 1934 is to select a man with a youthful viewpoint, and possessing an international background, to direct the team,” Vines added. PACIFIC TOURNAMENT. ' LOS ANGELES, Sept. 21. In the semi-finals of the women’s singles at the Pacific south-west tournament, Miss Round (England) heat the defending champion, Mrs Lawrence Harper (Oakland), 6—l, 6 —2; Miss Marble beat Miss Carolin Babcock, 6—l, 6—2. In the men’s doubles, Vines and Stoeffen won two matches, advancing to the semi-finals, beating Mahoney and Carr (Los Angeles), 7 —5, 6— 2, and Perry and Wilde 6—l, 6 —3. Turnbull and Quist (Australia) also reached the semi-finals, beating Gene Mako and Tidbail, B—6,8 —6, 7 —5. In the women’s doubles semi-finals, Misses Ryan and Marble beat Mrs van Ryn and Mrs Harper, 6 —4, 6- —1; Misses Round and Heeley beat Misses Babcock and Josephine Cruicksliank, 6—l, 6—2. Quist’s overhead strokes and Turnbull’s sizzling service, and their generally all-round keen play, were the determining factors in to-day’s victory over Mako and Tidbail. NEARING THE END. WOMEN’S DOUBLES DECIDED. Received September 23, 11.45 a.m. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 22. Miss Ryan and Miss Marble (United States) won the women’s doubles title, beating Miss Heeley and Miss Round (England), 6 —l, 6 —2. Satoli advanced to the finals of the singles, beating Tidbail (United States), 6—3, 6 —4, 6 —2.