A FUTURE 'PERRY"

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 137, 26 June 1937, Page 17

A FUTURE 'PERRY"

FORM OF R. A. SHAYES. At Queen's Club in March R. A. Shayes corroborated the indieation given recently that under certain conditions .of training he might be the most likely candidate for the vacant place in singles in our Davis Cup teams, writes J. E. Collett in The Field. Shayes beat J. S. Ollifif in the semifinal of the men's singles, 0—8, 6—1, — 2, 8—6. The score indicates the fluctuations to which his game is subject. In the fourth set, in which he was at 5 — 4 and 5 — 6, he showed an increase of flghting quality under pressure and a growing ability to control a tendency to petulance at his own errors of timing. During the covered courts championships last October. he beat N Sharpe in straight sets. He therefore met him on Saturday last on the same °?^rt ad(ied confidence. On the other hand, Sharpe was- on his home J court, where he has won golden opinlons m the past for firm fights against . Borotra and other stalwarts of the wooden surface. So good has Sharpe whi?e tf0 that he has hela for a long while the reputation of being our best Z6rfnd iK°Urt Player* Sha^ beat m for the second time running, the score bemg 6—4,4—6,6-4, 6—4 bJiler°nf" ff ' I hayes W^ically a oaltler of the Perry type, but he has "f, arri.ved at the hardness of heart mwaue."1 "Ch made Perr* s0