Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-16
AMERICAN TENNIS PLAYERS WIN LAURELS ABROAD

peating their victories at Queens. wheth-
er the change of scene affected their play
or the strain of the previous weeks hard
work had told on their strength too heav-
lly, not one of the four showed his true
form in the championships. and all were
In turn put out of the struggle. What
emphasized their reversal of form was
that Wright was beaten by A. w. Gore.
Whom Ward had just beaten the week
before; Clothier was beaten by A +.
Wilding, whom Wright had beaten at
queens, and both Larned and Ward were
beaten by s. II. Smith who in turn lost
in the finals to Norman Brookes. the Aus
traIlan champion, whom Wright had also
beaten at the Queens meeting the week
previous
But in the meantime Miss May Sutton
OF California, who held the American
championship for women last year was
more than making up for the shortconl-
ihgs OF the men. She had arrived "A week or
two before them in England and In her
nfst tournament for the northern cham
plonship al Liverpool she had won from
a large field of English women PLAYERS
without the loss of a set taking the title
Dy default from Miss ID. X. Douglass the
British champion, who had injured her
arm q while before and was unable to de-
fend her claim to the cup.
Miss Sutton did not play at the Queens
tournament, but appeared al Wimbledon in
splendid form, and Yanquishing one OPP
ponent after another, carried everything
before her, winning the women's all-com-
ers singles without the loss of a set. In
the challenge round against Miss Douglass.
who had been relied upon to save the title
for the British, the American girl again
distinguished herself. and was never in
danger, winning by 6-3, ca. This match
was played July $. and Miss Sutton won
the first championship of England ever
carried away by a foreign player.
The success of the young American
girl must certainly inspire her companions
abroad with fresh hope and fresh conf
dence. The default of the Belgian team
hn AT,aar ta1 IT.,
first antagonists saved our men one series
of matches, and they went into the semi
finals without playing. This was a fortu-
nate circumstance. perhaps, since II re-
duced the field to even proportions, and
now just four nations will fight 1t out for
the right to challenge the British holders
OF the Davis trophy. America and Aus
tralla are generally believed to outclasS
France and Austria but the outcome of
the final series between them is very
uncertain matter
After the defeat of Ward and Larned at
Wimbledon. Brookes, the Australian cham
pion, electrified the Brttishers by winning
the all-comers singles for men and earning
the right to challenge II. L. Doherty for
the singles championship of All England.
Brookes and Dunlop also beat Larned and
Clothier in the doubles, which makes the
Antipodean. team very dangerous in the
finals. The second-string man for singles
is expected to be Wildng, and few believe
that he is likely to beat either Ward or
Larned, but If Brookes should win both of
his matches against our players the whole
outcome of this series would hang on the
result of the match in doubles.
The selection of the American representa-
tives for the singles lies in the hands of the
team captain, Paul Dashiel, and the uncer-
tain form of his men since he arrived on
the other side will, make this a rather diff
cult matter. Before the men left this side
it was agreed that barring accidents,
Larned and Ward should play in the sin
giles against the Britishers, providing they
met them and Ward and Wright in the
doubles Clothier went over as substitute
in singles, in case he was needed, and he
was expected to play In some of the earlier
series If Larned is up to form. however,
he IS sure of a place in singles, and as
Clothier has lost to one Australian already,
he is likely to play only against the French,
and Wright and Larned be used against the
Antipodeans, so as to have Ward fresh for
the challenge match against the English
men, which is scheduled for July u, p
and "a.
The British team nominated Is composed
of the famous Doherty brothers, F. L. Rise
ley and S. II. Smith. The Dohertys are
erty with either Riseley or Smith in the
singles.
The poor showing Of the Americans at
Wimbledon may have been only slump.
or their success at Queens the week be-
fore may have been due to the novelty of
their peculiar style of play; but after the
clear superiority over such a big field
shown by the Dohertys in both singles and
doubles 1t seems difficult to see how either
the Australians the Americans can win
the Davis cup this year from them on their
own courts. The champions of four CONT
nents will be gathered together this week
and next for these international matches,
however, and the winners will have an In
disputable claim to the international cham
pionship of the world.