Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-12
MAY NOT COMPETE
FOR DAVIS TROPHY
American Tennis Stars Fight Shy
of Going to England for
PreIiminarieS
CALlFORNIANS NOT WANTED
Eastern Critics Think Long and
Mclaughlin Poor Team
for Australian Trip
CALIFoRNIANS NOT WANTED

NEW YORK, June 11.-Interest in
the possibility of international tennis
matches for the Davis cup this year mas
been waning steadily ever since IL
was announced that not one of the
ranking eastern stars could be pre-
vailed upon to go to either Great
Britain for the qualifying round or
later to Australia to attempt once
more the regaining of the famous
trophy. The departure for England OF
Beals c. Wright probably will prove
the real feature of tennis for this coun-
try so far as international matches are
concerned, and Wright's invasion Is
purely a personal one.
Interviews with the leading racket
wielders elicit no enthusiasm at all,
and the consensus of opinion of opinion
among these men Is that, regrettable
as It may seem, it is nevertheless pref
erable to rest easy this year rather
than make another unsuccessful at
tempt to regain the Davis cup.
The least pessimistic of those In
position to know the inside facts is
Robert d. Wrenn. chairman of the in
ternatlonal committee of this country.
Mr.. Wrenn, himself an old-time star
and internationalist. is not willing TO
admit that the preliminary matches
or a trip to Australia are off for this
year. He declared that his commit
tee was still working hard, but was not
ready for an official announcement.
From what he guardedly said and also
from interviews with the leading play
ers it was gathered that not one OF the
first ten would think Of going to Aus
tralia.
one of the stars, who has been i'm
portuned to make the trip together
with Beals Wright, while contesslng
that he did not know positively just
IN. hn oil
opinion that only the two San Fran
cisco boys, Long and Mclaughlin, who
made an inglorious invasion last year
into the Antipodes, would answer al
flrmatively any request to fight for the
Davis cup.
1--WE are all willing to CO." said this
man, "but not one of us can spare the
several months necessary for such a
try. If Mr.. Wrenn Is still optimistic
1 believe he must be counting on the
two Californians, for certainly no
eastern star, with the exception of
Wright, has been able to agree to the
trip. and I believe his visit to England
practically has made him unavailable
now"
Mr.. Wrenn, in discussing the matter,
unofficially stated that recently the
committee met and went over the
ground thoroughly. 1t was intimated
that a preliminary playoff between
Great Britain and the United states
looked uncertain. He said this country
could not be expected to send team
to England, in spite of the fact that
the Britishers had twice been here for
these matches, because 1t was too much
to ask America to do. with the posi-
bility of an Australian trip to follow
Every move of the committee seems
to be in this direction just now. In
fact it appears as If the Britishers had
about decided not to play in the series
and thus leave to this country the only
right to challenge. Even this conces-
sion, however, will hardly help mat
ters, for 1t is the trip to Australia
that is the most troublesome. 1t is,
therefore, likely that in spite of last
years setback, the Californians will
be the only ones to consent to play.
Unquestionably the selection will not
be appreciated in tennis ranks, but in
the face of failure in every other direc-
ton the committee certainly cannot be
blamed
An announcement from the interna-
tional committee may be expected some
time next week.