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exercise that they need and at the samo tine they get a lot of fun out
of it. Badminton is one of the few sports that enable the women to
compete with the men, Mixed doubles is one of the favored events.

Women also find badminton to their liking; in fact; it threatens to
rival bridgo. Taking it all in all, badminton is the most sociable

game of all, the players are close enough to converse and it is not a
difficult game to learn. It is onsy to find a player with oqual ability,
hence close competiticn can alsays be had.

Bruce, you saw the amatour exhibition match your son ployed in Kansas
City last week in which Webster defeeted the prominent professional
from the West Const - Kon Shedd. Whet was your reaction to this match?

I think it was a splendid fast game. Mr. Shedd, the professional,
displayed some of the most beautiful trick shots I have evor scen, but
Webstor's hard smashing attack soon wore his opponent down and won the
matche

In the doubles match in which you played with your dad, Webster, follow-
ing tho singles match, how did it feel for father and son to be playing
against the other team? I know I enjoyed pairing with you, Webster,

and defeating such an outstanding professional team as Baugher and Shedd
in the afternoon workout.

I felt confident with my father as my partnor. We seem to hit it off
well together. I had no fear of soft and drop shots at the not. Dad

is one of the bost nct defendors I've seen for 2 man of his ago; in fact,
he consistently outplaycd his younger opponents at the net,

Well, Brucc, how did you fecl playing with your son?

I was a wee bit jittory at first, sinee it had been some time since I
had met such kcen competition, but the excellent support givon me by
my son soon dispersed my initial timidity and I was able to finish with
my usual canposurc.

You know, fellows, I didn't say so at the time, but I almost lost track
of the score when calling that game; I was so interested in watching tho
beautiful shots on both sides that I almost slipped a couple of times.
Let's get a little more personal now, Webster. How many trophies have
you in your collection?

I haven't checked lately, but there are about 25.
Twenty-five trophies! Have they had that many tournaments?

You would be surprised at the number of compotitve cvents that are held

annually where the game is popular. In California they ran off thoir

6th annual open this year with many other lesser events. Tho first
ational Tournament was held year before last in Chiengo, and the singles
event was won by Waltcr Kramor of Detroit. Kramer repeated again in

1938 in Philadelphia, with Markhem, the Now York Motropolitan champion,
being the runner upe Tho men's doubles, mixed doubles, and women's
singles and doubles cvents were captured by Pacific Coast players. The .

Mid-West event was hold et Chicago lnst yorr and has been won by Raynolds
of Chicago.