The Washington times., 1906-05-13
BritiSherS Are Amazed
By Young GOuLd'S Tennis
Defend Davis Cup-Brtsh Meet Likely
Baseball Growing Abroad

LONDON. May 12.-The remarkable
playing OF the young American. jay
Gould. in the international court tennis
championship has amazed British ex-
perts.
That a mere boy should be able TO go
into the courts and defeat with ridicu-
lous ease men who had won champion
ship hOnors before he had ever had
racquet in hand is something to be Won
deTed at. and these men were playing up
10 their bcst form, too.
In the preliminaries Gould did not lose
n single set. winning more than one
Of them by love scores. He is as calm
and steady as a veteran. keeps right
UP TO his game all the time In serv-
ice and return he is remarkably quick
and accurate Experts regard him as
one Of the very strongest amateurs who
has ever played on British courts. and
when it is considered that he has been
playing on strange courts and different
balls TO those to which he has been
accustomed. this judgment must seem
10 be founded on a solid basis.
In the championship game with Eus-
tace Miles. the British champion, the
young American showed the same
steady nerve he exhibited throughout
the less important matches. but the age
and experience Of the champion told,
and the young American met his first
defeat That he is a coming champion,
however, seems certain.
The Doherty brothers viii. after all.
defend the Davis trophy in the interna-
tiOnal lawn tennis championships next
month. They are the only men in Great
Britain who will stand a reasonable
chance to represent the return OF the
cup TO the United States. so the experts
say. II was this unanimous opinion that
led them 10 decide 10 again enter the
lists
Under the plans. as they now stand.
the American team will meet the Frepch
experts on June /. No doubt at ar is
felt as 10 the ability of the Americans
10 win here. Then they will meet the
winners Of the AUstria-AustraIian con-
test 1t is also held as practically GER
tain that they will win in this round
also. Then they viii contest for the
supreme tennis hOnors with the present
champions, the Dohertys, in the doubles,
and Hugh l.. Doherty and DR.. w. v.
Eaves in the singles. Some great ten
mis- is looked for in the final set.
The return of the athletes from the
Olympic games. and with them a num-
Der Of the American athletes who have
won such high honors at Athens, has
given a FLIP to amateur athletics The
Americans have competed in several
events in England since their return
and have done well The result of the
visit. II is said by those qualified to
speak, is almost certain TO result in an
International meet in which the very
cream of American and British athletes
viii compete for the supremacy in field
and track athletics
The British Baseball Association is
getting Gown to business in real earn
est, and the promoters expect to be
able before many days 10 chronicle the
nr5t game under the association's s
auspices. II is understood that already
communication has been opened with
the American baseball authorities for
the arrangement Of number of high
class American professionals to look
aIter the coaching Of the various
teams The Rhodes scholars at Oxford
already have fine club I'm existence
and the men are practicing assiduously.
They expect TO win the first British
baseball championship.
Young Gould is not the only Aneri-