Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-28
AMERICAN TEAM FOR
DAVIS TENNIS TROPHY

NEW YORK, September 2S.-Amerfca's
international lawn tennis team. Frederick
B. Alexander and Beals c. Wright. will
leave this city next Friday for Australia
Neither the national champion In singles
William A. Larned. nor Harold II. Hack
EFT. q. title holder in doubles. will accom-
pany the team. although both were nom-
mated and competed in the recent Amer
lean British Isles ties against Maj. ]. G.
Richie and James c. Parke.
To many of the American followers OF
the game the fact that Alexander and
Wright set out upon their long journey
Friday is Indicative of what degree of
success is expected of them In their quest
Of the Davis international challenge cup.
Neither Of the men displayed consistent
form in the national championships.
where Wright defeated Alexander In the
final and was in turn defeated by Larned
In the challenge match. nor in the
matches against the Britons.
The two Americans will go by way OF
Montreal and leave Vancouver on the
steamship Mariana, Friday, October 9, to
arrive in Sydney, Australia. nearly a
month later. The cup matches will be de-
cided in Melbourne about November %.
so that altogether the trip Of the Ameri-
cans marks new record for the trophy
and In amateur sport as a trip of great
length and playing at an unusual time of
the year Norman E. Brookes. one of the
Australian team that captured the cup
from the English last year. and Rice and
Heath comprise the defending team. That
Rice and Heath class with Brookes. who
last year outplayed all Of the top class
men in England. is taken as foretelling
what the outcome will be.
But whatever the result Of the interna-
tional cup matches the American team. at
least certainly Wright. is destined to
circle the globe. and the courts of China.
possibly Japan. India. and leading up to
the late winter tournaments on the Ri
viera. where both Alexander and Wright
have played before. are to be visited. 1t
was in the Monte Carlo championships
two years ago that Alexander defeated
r. F. Doherty. and he has always done
on the other hand Wright has played
poorly there. They will not visit the
South African tournaments. to which the
Dohertys are going. as the Americans
will arrive in Europe by way of Suez.
From the plans as at present arranged
Wright Is likely to stay abroad next sea-
son and contest in the line Of English
and European meetings. He Is also to
act as mentor to Miss May Sutton, who
Is arranging for another conquest of the
association is doing it's best to have the
American girl lead an international team
on her visit. That Miss Sutton will go
alone appears most probable. and abroad
she will pair with Wright In the mixed
doubles as featured American pair for
the event Is a popular one on the other
side Of the Atlantic.
Most important of all is the probability
that with the victory of the Australasians
in the cup matches in November the ia
nous trophy may be returned for compe-
tition upon English courts next season.
This Is due to the fact that 1t is realized
that the great distance to Australia is
likely to completely remove the trophy
altogether from competition unless 1t is
centralized once more. Such a move
would find two Americans. tuned up by
the best of tournament competition. on
the scene with better prospects of return
ing the famous cup to this country than
any team that might be sent from here
on short notice. Anyway. as the interna-
tional challenge matches and the world
circling plans stand Americans are max
ing the most ambitious conquest of the
lawn tennis courts of the world that the
game has ever known.