Word: ryn
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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After Doeg and Tilden the ground becomes increasingly treacherous. TIME OUT has made the following list: no. 3, Shields; no. 4, Sidney Wood; no. 5, Allison; no. 6, Sutter; no. 7, Mangin; no. 8, Lott; no. 9, Vines; and no. 10, Van Ryn. This list omits Mercur, Bell, Hunter, and Coen of last year's elite. Of these Mercur finished up a bad season by being declared a professional, while the other three merely failed to keep pace with the rising tide of youthful stars which made the past season such a significant one in the development of American tennis...
...between burly young John Doeg* of California and Tilden's bosom friend, Frank Hunter, Tilden insisted on audibly coaching Hunter from the sidelines. So annoying did this become that the tournament committee asked him to leave the enclosure. Then Tilden declined to play his match with John Van Ryn until the Doeg-Hunter contest was over, explaining that the applause (for Tilden) of the spectators might disturb Hunter. The committee hesitated. If Tilden were crossed too often he might leave the tournament, jeopardizing its financial success. But Dr. Philip B. Hawk, acting referee in the absence of President Louis...
...Lott of Chicago and John Doeg of Santa Monica were seeded No. i-the defending champions-when the national doubles tennis tournament started last week at the Longwood Cricket Club at Chestnut Hill, Mass. Form ran true, and the first four seeded teams got into the semifinals. John Van Ryn and Wilmer Allison put out Berkeley Bell and Gregory Mangin, 6-8, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3. Then Doeg & Lott had to beat Tilden & Hunter, knowing that Hunter was playing much better and that Tilden, though he had a bad charley-horse in his hip, wanted moje than anything...
When John Van Ryn beat Hunter next day, some spectators said Hunter deserved it after taking the Bell match that way?who ever heard of a decent player claiming a default when his opponent had hurt himself? Others supported Hunter's own claim?that he had been playing for Bell's legs, that Bell could only beat these tactics by taking a rest. Beside, they said, how could Bell expect lenience after what he did to that sitter...
After Van Ryn had beaten Wilmer Allison in the finals and the Davis Cup team had been picked, fresh arguments broke out. Van Ryn, Allison, George Lott, John Doeg?all under 25?were put on the team, with William Tatem Tilden II (now in Europe) still a possibility (he says now he does not want to play again). But Bell too had been picked?he would go along as a substitute...