Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-07
INTERNATIONAL TENNIS.
Ward and Wright May Play for
Davis Trophy.

NEW YORK, February THE first move
toward getting a tennis challenge off to
England for the Dwight f. Davis interna-
tional challenge cup was made yesterday
when Frederick c. Anderson of the Kings
County Lawn Tennis Club of Brooklyn and
Raymond ID. Little of the West Side Lawn
Tennis Club met as the representatives of
the subcommittee that is to arrange the de-
tails. William J. Cloth.er, the other mem
Der of the committee, was not present. but
1t is planned TO have him consult with An
derson and Little Eefore the end of this
week In order that the international chal-
lenge may be valid 1t must be In the hands
of the English Lawn Tennis Association not
later than March L.
From what Anderson said yesterday 1t ap-
pears likely that the American challenging
team this season may include only two
PLAYERS, or at the most three. Despite the
assertion that Holcombe Ward will not
consider place on the team, 1t is said by
those close to him that in the event of his
services being really needed he would be
willing to change this early decision With
Beals c. Wright, the national champion. as
his partner they would make an ideal two
man team, with some hope of returning the
trophy TO this country. Should Ward per-
sist in declining to make the trip. 1t is like
ly that Frederick B.. Alexander. the former
Princeton champion and present metropoli-
tan title holder: Kreigh Collins, the western
champion of Chicago, or Clarence Hobart
of Orange may be named. William ]. Clo-
thier of the International team of last sea-
son Is also among the possibilities.
BY a strange coincidence Louis j. Grant
of the New York Lawn Tennis Club. who
was one OF the foremost leaders upon the
progressive side at the annual meeting of
the national association Monday night, yes
terday received a letter from Frank L. Rise
ley of the English team of last July, in
which the Englishman spoke OF the posi-
bilities of continuance of the interna-
tional competitions this season. He writes
of the closeness of the matches and the
fact that the Americans came within a
hairs breadth of returning the cup to this
selves Justice he says. I'm my opinion
| they played anything but their game in the
challenge matches.
The activities of the newly elected execu-
| tive committee will be fully tested at the
meeting that will be held within the next
| two weeks The eliminating of the invita-
| ton tournaments from the list will then
be threshed out, as the annual meeting de-
| ciared that no state. championship or open
| tournament was to be endangered In any
/ way by the scheduling of an invitation
| tournament for the same week. While
nothing was done yesterday by the few
members OF the executive committee who
| met and talked the lawn tennis situation
1 over, IL appeared probable that the southern
| states championship viii this year be
| changed from Washington. ID. c., where II
1 mas deem heid on the courts OF the Bache-
Tors Lawn Tennis Club, to the courts OF
/ the Atlanta Athletic Club Atlanta, Ga. The
New York state championship promises to
l be held upon the turf of the Staten Island
| Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club Instead oil
At Syracuse. N. Y, and the Pacific states
| championship Is scheduled for Tacoma
Wash.
| Another change of radical nature that
| he executive committee will probably pass
| upon Is the appointing of the ranking com
nittee before the season Is begun. 30 thai