The San Francisco call., 1909-11-07
Tennis World
Awaits News
From Abroad
DeVOfees Anxious TO Know the
Team Thar viii Oppose
HcLoughIin and Long
BY GRANT SMITH

The arrival o. Maurice Mclaughlin
and Melville Long al sydney during
The week anI the subsequent announce
ment Of the personnel OF the Austral-
ian team which will oppose the two
CaliforniaRs n the worlds champion
ship matches caused the foreign
matches 10 once lnore become tfe chief
sopic o. conversation cf local followers
or the same. The matches are sched-
uled 10 commence three weeks from
last Friday. snd the California boys
should ne at their best b. thst time
The four weeks trip on the water gave
them a much needed rest after their
strenuous campaign in the east, and
they 70 doubt took up the game eager
ly upon their arrival in Australia.
The announcement during the week
that there would be four players on
the Australian team this year instead
If two caused considerable surprise.
The success of Brooks and Wilding
during the last two years made ii look
almost z certainty that they would
again be the sole defenders. The news
received during the week was very
meager. stating merely that Norman
r. Crooks and Walter Dunlop of Vie
-toria and A. F. Wilding OF New Zealand
znd Doctor sharp OF New South Wales
had been selected TO defend the Davis
cup. It is more than likely the singles
matches will be played by Brooks and
Wildins and the doubles by Sharp and
Dunlop The last mentioned player
lost his place on the team TO Wildine
lest year at the eleventh hour. Dun
lop's chances OF playing the doubles
with Brooks looked better than VIII
oings. but the latter was given the
place when he and Brooks beat Wright
and Alexander, the American team. IN
the Victorian tournament. which was
matches. While Dunlop will prove as
strong in doubles this year as Wilding
did last year il Is doubtful II Sharp
VIII give the same strength to the
mentioned player has long been con-
Sidered tho best Of the Australian
cracks while little is known of Sharp
However. the fact that he has been
selected to play in doubles proves that
he must class with players like Brooks
and Wilding.
The switch in doubles makes the
chances OF Long and Mclaughlin look
much better, although the strength Of
the new team is 4 matter OF conjecture
They would have been up against a
tough combination in Brooks and Wild
ing. and local followers of the game
feel that the new team will not prove
as strong as last years .defendsrs:
The Australians in ali probability,
decided that they would obtain better
results by having four PLAYERS on the
team than they would by having two.
were about used up when the doubles
match was started. The singles
matches proved grueling affairs. and
they possibly figure that Brooks and
Wilding viii do better in singles IL
they do not have the doubles match
hanging over them.
II has been announced that there viii
be no preliminary tournaments this
Nesr. and consequently it will be hard
10 get line on the California players
before tie championship matehes.
While Long and Mclaughlin are long
shots, they are given an outside chance
and viii at least give a good account
Of themselves.
hav counties championship tourna-
ments on the Golden Gate park courts.
The doubles are scheduled to COM
mence today. and it is likely a couple
Of single matches viii also be played.
NJ Rosenberg and ". Fottrell viii meet
IN the semifnals Of the lower half. and
the winner viii oppose Charles Foley
IN the finals. Rosenberg and Fottrell
viii meet today.
While Foley looks almost q sure
winner young Fottrell can not be de-
MED q chance after the easy manner
in which lie disposed OF Guerin. Knowl-
ton and A. Rosenberg last sunday. IL
is e,pected he viii dispoSe Of NJ Ro-
sen berg in the semifnals. and many
look for him TO make trouble for Foley
IN the finals.
The only teams worthy OF considera-
lion in the doubles are Foley and Hunt
and James and Murdock. AS these two
teams viii come together in the first
round the event viii be robbed of all
uncertainty thereafter. James and Muir
dock were considered the most likely
winners up TO the time that they were
defeated by Foley and Hunt in the
PortOla matches two weeks ago. They
appear evenly matched and a good con-
test viii result when they come to-
Sether.