Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-06
LAWN TENNIS AT ITS HEIGR
Fast American Team viii Go to tn,
Antipodes for Davis Cup.
MANY PLAYERS no sEIECT PROM
America VIII Avail Itself of oppor
tunity 20 send Full ouota,
Thus InsurinE n Crack
Team.

NEW YORK, Aug. B-Lawn tennis
which is practically at It's height now ha'
te.n productive In the tournaments
late OF r,ore real surti SIS than In Dc
cade Everyone who is Interested In TIM
snort rs naturally looking forward to thu
selection OF the team which will SO t
the Antipodes this fall In quest OF th'
Davis cup, and from what has happened
In the early tournaments there has beer
all manner OF guessing as to just wh'
will be the ultimate selection for the In
ternational matches,
For n great many years there have beei
a few who stood 80 far above the other'
that there was no difficulty In pickint
the best men in the country. When Il
comes to the selection of leader there
is no question of the superiority OF WI
liam A. Iarned. who has so often carrict
off the national championship, but he IA
ever found It impossible to go abroad 10
the purpose Of retrieving the blue ribbo'
trophy OF the tennis world for family rea
sons
For one reason or another. the commit
tee which has charge OF the team to rep
resent America has been more or les
retlcent in the mention of the names o
any OF the men who will make up tn,
team of foreign invaders, but assurance
has been given that one of the stronges
combinations that has ever played for thii
country will be found pitting their skill
against the best that can be found II
other quarters when the time comes 70
the ties to be played off
Not long ago Robert d. wrenn Of the
Davis cup committee stated that thor
oughly representative team would &c
forth from these shores to try TO recover
the cup. This state OF affairs is In strong
contrast to the situation that existed o
year ago, when the best that could be
said was hope that team would be sent
abroad.
There were certain obstacles then which
prevented any definite statement on the
matter, but now things are different, and
It is certain that America will be on hand
for the big games. II can he stated with
authority that the best player in America
William A. Larned will be the man who
will lead the team this year. Whether the
rest of the team will be made up OF CALI
fornia cracks, such as Mclaughlin. Ions
and Dundy. depends much on the outcome
of the national championships at Newport
The rules permit the utilization of fouI
men on team. Two of these may be
used for the singles and two for the
doubles. fifth man may be kept in re-
serve In case of accident or illness to any
OF the regulars, 1t is very likely that
America will avail itself of the opportunity.
to send the full quota Of men and in that
way better team can be chosen than
with a smaller number OF men. There b.
practically no doubt that the elder Larned'
will be the leader and that he will be first,
choice for the singles.
Naturally one turns to Beals Wright
whose record in the past in big matches
speaks for itself, but this season has not
found him doing any great work on the
courts Whether he has got to the point
where his best tennis days are over or
that he Is merely short of work and slow
In getting Into form IL debatable ques-
ton. His tennis from now on will be
watched very closely and unless he shows
better at the big tournaments OF the
Meadow Brook club at Southampton ana
Newport than he has done 30 far there Is
not much chance of his going abroad as
member OF the team
There IL a possibility that Long win again
team up with one of the Californians,
Outside of these, though. there are no com
oinations which at the present time appear
to have chance to be selected as mem
bers OF the international team.