The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-28
WARD AND WRIGHT IN ENG
 LAND.

Details of the Doubles with Austra-
 lasia-Foot-Fault of the Americans.
 P. A. Vaile, writing on the doubles match between Ward and Wright and Dunlap and Brookes for the Davis cup last week in the London Daily News, says:
 The American pair, Ward and Wright. won their match against the Australians, Dunlap and Brookes, at Queens Club yesterday afternoon somewhat easily by three sets to one. The winners never looked like losers from the start. They are without doubt a very fine pair. If they are in their best form when when they meet the holders they can he relied on to extend the DOherty brothers to their utmost. Their serving and over head work are very good, Beals Wright particularly excelling in the latter department. He does nearly all his smashing with arm work, but he is So strong and accurate that this parti- culiarity, which in less extraordinary player WOul be a blemish, does not in the least destract in this department
 The Americans showed a wonderful ly good combination and headwork. The latter is, indeed, in evidence all the time, and the manner in which they l seize upon an opponents weak points and feed them is a treat to see. When | ever they were in difficulties they toss ed to Brookes and this otherwise fine player tapped them back gently when ha did mi useless against men with the resource cs and agility of the famous Ameri- cans They just ran for them, and if in a bad position tossed them back to Brooks and manouvred for position. The number of points thus lost to the Australastan pair was very large. I should have felt this much more keene- ly than I did had I not been practical | ly certain that. even with a win in | this event, Australasia could not have | regainCd the position the previous day 1 disastrous work had put her in.
 | Dunlop again proved himself a very fine doubles player. his volleying gen. orally, and particularly his overhead work. being excellent. His service seems to the onlooller very simple, but it is astonishing how many games he l wins with it. He serves rather slowly, but this enables him to get into posi- tion at the net; and when there he is very difficult to pass. His return of the service is excellent; indeed. in this respect he is probably the equal of any of the quartette. His placing of his Volleys was occasionally very fine; in deed, it is hardly too much to say that he was sound all round.
 short. he killed we'll
 His return of the service was very weak. He tries to do too much with it and drives hard and low, but far too many of his returns find the net. It is better to give ones opponents the chance of missing the return four times out of five than to get in a sting ing drive once out of five attempts. It is no exaggeration to say that Brookes overhead work alone has cost him three matches since he has been in England. He was at times the real Brooks, and delighted the spectators with flashes of his true form, particu- larly with his brilliant low voleying.
 His service was good, though I thought not quite so severe as usual. but he was. of course, playing against men to whom it is not unfamiliar.
 Both Holcombe Ward and Beals Wright serve many foot-faults. Beals Wright does so continually. I refus- ed to take a base line in a match he was playing the other day because should "call" him, as l have done in the States; but as no one hre calls foot faults I declined, Holcombe Ward in serving from the left court stands very near the centre line. Nearly always, when he strikes the ball, his night foot is we'll over the centre line. This, of course Is foot-fault. He was about to serve once. His right foot swung over the line. Fault" called the un- pire. Like a flash the readwitted play CT turned his racket aside and dodged
 The greatest blot on Brookes's fine game, his overhead work, was again much in evidence. He will not hit his overhead stuff at all. The six-a-side England vs. Australasia match has, l understand, been detinately arraged. If
 l were captain of the Australasaan
 team, should make a great effort to lure Brookes into putting in half an
 hour a day branding lobs." It might
 make great difference to his side.
 quite agree with Brookes's idea of win
 ming by placing, but when that is not
 on there is only one thing for any one
 who wishes to be taken seriously as a
 doubles player to do, and that is tc
 put his return "out of sight" by pace Brookes, like Beals Wright, does all
 his overhead work purely with his arm
 but he has not the strength nor the &C., curacy of the famous American. If h, would only step on to his smash, il would make a wonderful difference tc
 1t. He puts his badly into his service , splendidly, and I cannot understand
 why he does not do so when dealing
 with lobs. On the rare occasions a when he let himself go, it the lob wa. 5 the ball. which fell to the ground,
 then, turning to the nonplussed un.