Davis Cup--or Hollywood?

Three years ago, Lucy Mouledous (pronounced Molly-do) all but dragged her two young sons on to a tennis court, to have someone to practice with. She is a four-time New Orleans women's champion. Son Alfred Jr. would have none of it, hustled back to his six-hours-a-day piano practicing, and became at 16 the youngest musician ever to solo with the New Orleans Symphony. But son Dick liked the game, soon learned all his mother's tricks, and a few besides.

Last week, 15-year-old Dick and his mother (who is 34) wished each other luck, then began play in the New Orleans Mid-Winter Open Tournament. Dick won the men's singles, paired to win the men's doubles, teamed with his mother to cop the mixed doubles. Lucy won the women's singles (there was no women's doubles).

The Mouledous grand slam was no surprise to the experts. Dick, a confident but not cocky youngster, began to look good last summer when he ripped through boys' tournaments in straight sets, won the National Outdoor Boys' Singles championship without trouble. Besides a powerful forehand, he has an exceptional change of pace, a tantalizing drop shot. A big fellow for his age, Dick Mouledous (whose father runs a butcher shop) is over 6 ft., weighs 160 lb.

As one of the brightest young postwar net stars the U.S. has developed, Mouledous is a good bet to shine in future Davis Cup competition, unless Hollywood gets there first. Last week, a talent scout who saw Dick's picture in a New Orleans paper signed him up for 20th Century-Fox. Said the scout: "He's got a face that will appeal to women."

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