New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-03
d LAWN TENNIS CRITICISM
English Player Thinks The Crowd
Here UusportsmanIike.

England Davis Cup team. which wzs
beaten on the West Side courts here IN
tie preliminary matches for the famous
lawn tennis trophy three weeks ago, car
ried hor,e poc- idea OF American sports
r1auship. II commenting on the play
'''rhe London Field" says:
~ enother column we publish an Eng
lish nlayer's Impressions Of the recent in
te-aaGonal matches between England and
America i'm New York. The comments on
the crowds attitude when c. p. Dixon was
playing his great match against Mr.. Lar
ned 90 not make pleasant reading. and
we confess they discoior ne record for
fairness an dimpartiality which lawn ten
-.ls spectators tile world over have hither-
TO enjoyed. II ,nust rot be supposed that
our correspondents remarks reflect on the
sportsmanship OF tho first class American
player Visits ~ american teams To this
country have been too numerous and too
recent FOR any feeling other than respect
for their demeauor cu and OF The court
10 Doc entertained But their supporters
iH the stands apparently allow PARTISAN
shin to become drticulato--a demonstra-
ton We arc sure the American authorities
ANA Tho American PLAYERS in general would
deprcca,c."
The name of The English player is not
signed to tie article. whica says.
expected Lowe TO win before they Doe
gan. .nG Dixon to do the same before they
: finished. bun IN neither case was Wy eX-
uectatiou raalizrd. although consider tnai
Dixon deserved win more than Lowe. as
he mad 10 face crowd n1Wliug and boo
ing when he served double faults, and ln
addition Id not have the best Of luch u
| r.n matter OF net cord shots. LarU-d was
favored with four in tine last four games
oil the linal s.t-rather hard on Dixon, as
Dec tried like "a Trojan. and has seldom
played better Z should say, I'm hts life
ie was undoubtedly badly ratified b3
the y-lls and bowls which greeted 2n'
mistake. however unfortunate. that hf
made. and hy tIc total disregard lor inn
/ partially of any kind. What amused nee
greatly Was fn. sudden cessation of these
+ partisan hoWIs and patriotic wells d'
soon as Laruej got equal % Dixon. ant
when a few OF the more genuinely cN
! cited members of the audience kept ON VIII
/ the bowls after This point Lhry were me
by an admOniforv "husI' ! make poinl
/ ~ tnisDe cause ir struck mo as unspOrts-
manilie and Dixon may not care 10 speaH
B as strongly when . is talking about th'
/ match, as DEE was the pfin ipal sufferer
. from the Americans behavior.
+ it is claimed bE tine Americans ina
/ Larued is tuc finest player DO the world
/ 4 think tnat this estimate Us too hlsh an
/ tnat HrauEes or Wld!ng or very goo
/ stranger would shake him mp lot. a. d.
| aass MOI appear .o grasp 100 quickly
mans weak sOiuts hIt only after "a lon
/ study of them and frequently ulayin
. against him. Ire kept on az DiXon.s bac
hand much 100 l0.s n his match when 10
/ ought tO have seen that the ground wa
| helping F. much more than .t could hay
cone in -hc case r. air fOrendnd, Wa.rh
produced differently ana needs q Idrde
court ior its irli success. When Mo- .oH IN
/ aHHI
ular great deal against hiW and coache
him up, ro DOUBT helping him. lut with sti
/ loss doubt learning sometime about 0i
! rlar that enabled him to beat him cas-! %
H fnr cramWonship round of the single
after Mclaughlin had come through 20 th
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