The leading juniors developed in Chicago were Lucian
Williams and the Weber brothers, James and Jerry.
From the Pacific Coast, the pioneer in junior development,
wonderful boys are continually coming East. A boy's tennis game
matures early in California. M'Loughlin was about eighteen when
he first came East; Johnston less than twenty-one when he won the
national title the first time; Marvin Griffin and Morgan Fottrell
are in 1920 the leading youngsters in California.
The success of the Californians is due largely to the efforts of
Dr. Sumner Hardy, brother of Samuel Hardy, and one of the most
remarkable figures in the tennis world. Dr. Hardy practically
carries the California Association single handed. He is a big
factor in American tennis success.
From up in Washington State, a fine young player, Marshall Allen,
has come to the fore.
Charles S. Garland, the Davis Cup star, is a former junior
Champion of America, and a product of the junior system in
Pittsburg, which is so ably handled by his father, Charles
Garland. Other young stars developing include George Moreland and
Leonard Reed.
Most of the foregoing is irrelevant, I suppose, but I have gone
into detail because I want to prove that America has gone into
the matter of junior developments, carefully, systematically, and
has produced results.
It has been proved conclusively that it is in the schools that
the most favourable progress could be made.
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