Clever, charming, just and always full of the most delightful
humour, Hardy was an ideal Captain who kept his team in the best
of spirits no matter how badly we might have been playing or how
depressing appeared our outlook.
CARL FISCHER
I am including in my analysis of players a boy who is just
gaining recognition but who I believe is to be one of the great
stars of the future, Carl Fischer of Philadelphia.
Young Fischer, who is only 19, is a brilliant, hard hitting
left-hander. He has already won the Eastern Pennsylvania
Championship, been runner-up to Wallace Johnson in the
Pennsylvania State, Philadelphia Championship and Middle States
event, besides holding the junior Championship of Pennsylvania
for two years. He won the University of Pennsylvania Championship
in his freshman year.
His service is a flat delivery of good speed, at times, verging
on the American twist. His ground game carries top spin drives
forehand and backhand. His volleying and overhead are severe and
powerful but prone to be erratic. Fischer is an all court player
of the most modern type. He is aggressive, almost too much so at
times as he wastes a great deal of energy by useless rushing. He
needs steadiness and a willingness to await his opening but gives
promise of rounding into a first class player, as his stroke
equipment is second to none.
MARSHALL ALLEN
Far out in the Pacific Northwest in Seattle, Washington, is a
young player who bids fair to some day be world famous.
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