Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-26
AUSTRALIA WANTS TROPHY
Certain Next Challenge Tennis Match
Will Be Played in Antipodes.
ENGLISH AND LOCALS PEEvED
This Country il Committed to Send
a Team to Australia, According
to the Vote at the Annual
Meeting E

NEW YORK, March 25.-Lawn tennis
players of this country see in the drawings
for the international challenge matches
for the Dwight F. Davis cup next summer
the certainty that the preliminary ties and
the all important challenge match will
be decided in the antipodes. The unex-
pected entry OF South Africa gave a new
twist to the affair. 1t is the first time
that the players of South Africa have ever
sought the world-famous tennis trophy,
and by so doing they have created a stir
not only in this country, but also In Eng
land
At the time that Anthony F. Wilding and
Norman e. BrOckes captured the trophy
| from its British Isleslholding on the courts
at Wimbledon in 1907, it became known
that none Of the European nations would
seek II in so far away a quarter Of the
globe. France, Germany, Belgium and
other nations that had previously competed
while It was held within easy distance,
} stated that no challenges might be ex-
pected from them until 1t was returned to
European or American holding once more.
This led to England and the United States
challenging in 1908. But the British Isles
defaulted and Frederick B. Alexander and
Beals C. Wright journeyed to Australia, to
meet defeat by a narrow margin. The fol-
lowing year the British Isles arranged to
challenge by playing the ties here. John c.
Parke, Charles Dixon and w. C. Crawley
came to this country and were defeated
on the courts Of the Germantown Cricket
club, Philadelphia, by William A. Larhed,
William ]. ClOthier, Harold E. Hackett
and Raymond d. Little, as the representa-
tives OF the United States. Then, by a
| strange arrangement Maurice f. Nc
Loughlin and Melville E. Long, two young
Caltfornians, were sent to Australia, to be
Overwhelmingly beaten. Last year both
the British Isles and the Americans chal-
lenged. only to default
send Formal Challenge,
Spurred on by the harsh criticism that
was melted out to them, the British Isle,
and the United States both went through
the fOrmRlity OF issuing y challenge al
their annual meetings this year. The rules
which surround the cup cause It to be OBJ.
hgatory for the challenges to be made OF
or before March ! Of each year Then alons
came the South African challenge ant
the plans or this country and the British
Isles experienced a considerable upset.
This was because negotiations had BEEF
going forward between the English nationa
association on the one hand and the United
| AsNNNe @NNAohaA AAAMu ennis association
on the other to toss up as TO whether tn
ties OF 1911 would be played here or ii
England and TO alternate thereafter. Evel
such an arrangement might have gon
through. Perhaps the Australians hai
some knowledge OF this when they suppe,
In the Joker on the draw OF the challenginl
nations giving the bye to tho British Isle
and placing the United States In opposl
ton TO South Africa for the first match
, 1t is a condition which is creating som
, heavy thinking in this country at the pres
eht moment
This country Is committed to send
, team to Australia this year." said an off
Ger today. That was the wish OF the dele
D gates assembled At the annual meetin
which was held I'm the Waldorf Astori
early In February. The motion OF DR.. I
! B. Hawk was Intentionally worded: 9TH
best team that this country could fin
, available. This was allowed TO go throug
because 1t was known that the arrange
: ments with England would be successful
q cOnsummated. 1t is pretty certain that III
!, players OF this country will insist upo
the challenge of this country being mad
|. good and the long trip seems TO be II
n prospect"
n where TO Play Ties.
;, II was pointed out that there was n
q bare chance OF some other Arrangement