Indoor Tennis

Because the surface is so fast that it makes long rallies infrequent, indoor tennis is less taxing than outdoor. For this reason Jean Borotra, who can not scamper through a long match so spryly as he used to do, finds it more to his taste. To defend his indoor championship of the U. S.. which he has won every odd-numbered year since 1925, he last week made one of his business-&-tennis visits to Manhattan. In the quarter-final he came up against Berkeley Bell of Texas. Before Borotra could find out exactly how Bell contrived to pass him almost every time he tried to come to the net, Bell had the match, 6-2. 6-4.

That left the tournament open to the best field of the last three years. Tall Frank Shields, now 21 and heavier than a year ago, was the favorite. George Lott Jr. of Chicago was playing badly. The dark horse of the tournament was Gregory Mangin of Newark, a graceful player but one without abundant stamina, who has been playing tournament and Davis Cup tennis for six years without winning any sort of national championship. In the final, between Shields and Mangin, Shields seemed to have the match well in hand with a lead of 5-2 in the first set. He became rattled by close line decisions and lost the set at 10-8. Mangin's best shot was a backhand return of service which repeatedly aced Shields as he came in to the net. Shields won the second set at 6-2. Mangin won the next two with the steadiest tennis of his career, 6-4, 6-3, for the match and his first U. S. title.

George Lott and John Van Ryn beat Bell & Mangin for the doubles title 6-3. 6-2, 6-4.

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