Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-09-14
DAVIS TENNIS CUP,
Prospects For Recovery of Fa.
nous Trophy Grow Brighter.
CANDIDATES FOR THE TRIP.
No Matches Fer Cup In Either Eng
land or Amerca-Send Players to
Australia In November - N National
Champion Larned Not TO Go.

Australia In November - NJ ationaI
Champion Larned Not TO Go.
Lawn tennis is exciting more atten-
ton this year 1lan it has since the all
cOnquering DOlsrtys carried both the
Davis cup and the national champion-
ship back to England with them, and
with good reasons. There are not per
haps SO MANY absolutely first class
players as in some recent years, but
the early tournaments have produced
many men of class. and there seems
more than a fair chance that the Da-
Wis cup may be brought back from
Australia if il team Is sent.
With the certainty that there will be
no elimination tennis matches for the
Davis cup in either England or Amcri
ca this year, interest in The champion
ship honors of the world has really
narrowed down to the proposed trip to
Australia. ON whether or not the COM
mittee in charge of these matters for
the United States Lawn Tennis asso-
citation can prevail upon two or three
good men to go to the antipodes much
will depend. The matches in Austria
lia are not scheduled to take place I'M
til November, and therefore there is
preparations.
The trouble this year will be in pick
ing team with fair chance of vic
tory and getting the men to go. Thus
far no one has really played tennis in
this country to warrant any confidence
William A. Larned, has said that he
will positively not make the trip to
Australia. With the exception of the
work shown at Seabright, William ].
Clothier, the 1906 champion, has not
performed we'll enough to warrant his
selection. He has been beaten by Ed
win Larned In the Middle States, and
c. B. Doyle Of Washington also has
taken him into camp.
There has undoubtedly been an effort
on the part of some moving spirits to
get Edwin r. Larned into such shape
that he can qualify, but the young
brother of the champion IS not classy
enough for such an undertaking. He
has beaten Clother and Little, and that
is about all. Clothier was away off his
game. and Little has been out of the
running all year. I.arned has been
beaten several times by Mollcnhauer
in the Long Island championship and
by George +. Touchard in the Felipe
cup series.
Karl Behr will naturally comc in for
consideration, but the once fast Crcs.
cent Athletic club man has not done
any kind of work this year, ana he
would have to improve Il great deal f.
be justified in demanding consideration.
Likewise Little has been going back
steadily, even though he defeated
Wright in the recent Longwood tour
nament His game against the nation
al champion, W. A. Larned, was very
poor. 1t is likely that Beals Wright
will be one of the team, as he Is al
ways good when it comes to the inter
national matches, no matter how care
less he may be In the first part Of the
year. He understands international
playing better than any other star In
the country, and he would very likely
accept an invitation to 60.
Frederick B. Alexander has shown
up strong this year. He was going
along splendidly when he sprained his
ankle, and there are many who think
he can carry off the Newport honors If
he maintains his recent form. Whether
or not he could be induced to go to
Australia is still question. If he &C
cepts it would mean that Reals Wright
and Fred Alexander will be the team,
a pair not to be despised.
1t is hardly likely that England could
beat the pair with both Of the DohertyS
out of the game. Gore, Richie, Bar
rett and one or two others from the
British isles would probably find their
hands full with the singles If they
went. In Australia, should America
get through the elimination series with
Great Britain. there would be Brookes.
who is in all likelihood the best player
Of the day. Even Brookes might strike
snag If the two Americans were in
top form. and certainly there Is no
other Australian who would be trou-
blesome. Thus the championship would
resolve itself into a question of how
strong doubles team could be gathered.
Harold Hackett. the partner Of Alex
ander, has announced that he cannot
go, so that Wright would probably
have to team with Alexander, and just
how strong n combination they would
make is problematical, as they have