Tennis

At Wimbledon. At his annual lawn-tennis party, John Bull of Wimbledon was, as usual, a polite host. He stood sedately aside and let his unruly guests scramble for the goodies, saving only two for himself.

A pair of greedy boys from the French family next door got the Wimbledon bowl away from John's American cousins just before everyone went home. This might not have happened, some thought, if little "Vinnie" Richards, one of the Americans, had gone to bed earlier the week of the party, had not guzzled so much of the punch.

After a lusty wrangle, Jean Borotra, the oldest French boy, subdued Rene LaCoste, pulled out the men's singles plum. "Vinnie" Richards, feeling better, joined with Francis T. Hunter to sit on R. Norris Williams and Watson M. Washburn (Harvard graduates), until they cried "Down" in the doubles.

The girl guests all had a good time, too, until Suzanne Lenglen told everyone she had a stomachache and said: "I can't play any more." That was just after she had drubbed vigorous Elizabeth Ryan. The game wound up by Kathleen McKane, an Irish girl who lives with the Bulls, spanking big Helen Wills, from America.

With Mrs. George Wightman on her side, Helen got back at Kathleen, whose ally was Mrs. Phyllis Covell.

In mixed doubles, Kathleen and J. B. Gilbert won from Mrs. Shepherd-Barron and J. A. Godfrey.

At Glen Cove, L. I., two Australian Davis Cup players were crushed by second-string Americans in an invitation tournament. Shimizu, Japanese Davis Cup leader, defaulted. Of the Australians, Frederick Kalms went down in the second round before E. F. Chandler of California; Pat O'Hara Wood before S. Howard Voshell, Long Island southpaw, in the finals. Intercollegiate doubles champions Thalheimer and White of Texas wrested the team play from the Australians.

At Indianapolis, two other Australian Davis Cup men, Brian I. C. Norton and Gerald Patterson (team captain) succumbed in turn to John Hennessey, "Indianapolis cyclone." The event was a rain-soaked Western championship, top honors in which the "cyclone" did not quite sweep away from towering Will Tilden, national champion.