The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-28
ABSTRALIANSTO
CUP AVERAGES.
AntIpOdeans Lead World In Play.
Ing For Davis Tennis Trophy.
ALWAYS STRONG IN SINGLES.

Americans Show Way to EngIishman
In international conseses-hush Do
herty Was Greatest Of All Lawn
Tennis Players.
A resume OF the history Of competi
ton for the Davis cup, the famous
lawn tennis trophy now held by Aus
tralasla, shows that America has been
much the most prolific In playing con
tests and leads England In its general
average Of wins and Is in turn led by
Australia. England shows marked
superiority In the doubles game to
both the United States and Australia,
due almost entirely to the wonderful
ability In this style Of play and per
feet team work of the "big and little
Dos" as the Doherty brothers were
affectlonately nicknamed, while Aus
tralla's strong showing In singles and
relatively poor work In doubles are &C
counted for In like manner. for the
great Brookes ana scarcely less great
Wilding are not so invincible as q
doubles combination as when In their
true element, singles competition.
Our own average In both branches
was seriously affected two seasons ago
when Americas youthful representa-
tives, Long and Mclaughlin, suffered
that overwhelming defeat at the hands
OF the Australasian stars, winning but
one set In five matches.
Have Won 06Ia sets.
Again, Jumping preliminary and
final matches together for the purpose
Of analysis, a closer study shows that
America has won a total Of 961s sets
and lost S2Ia In singles, the unusual
half q set resulting from an unfinish
ed tied match In the first contest with
England, and has won 2T and lost %
In doubles, leaving a balance In our
favor OF 10 sets.
In her six ties Australasia has cap.
tured 40 and lost 80 sets In singles and
won IA out OF 26 In doubles, her bal.
ance being only nine, but having In
singles an average far better than our
own.
England has 5Glt sets to her credit
in singles ana has lost CIV. while her
record In doubles Is 81 wins TO 10 loss.
es, or total of 7T15 each defeats and
victories.
In games the total score reads.
America (singles), won S2S, loA S53;
(doubles). won 222, lost 191.
England (singlesj, won 54S, lost 554;
(doubles). won ODD, lost 191.
Australasia (stngles), won 519 lost
AS; doubtless, won $50, lost 1914.
Hugh Doherty a Wonder.
Turning now to the more personal
and therefore interesting statistics OF
individual records, II appears at a
glance that that Of Hugh L. Doherty,
''the little Do" stands In a chss by
itself. He not only won the English
singles title Ave times Q002-0o) and
paired with his brother. the doubles
championship eight times Qs97 to
1901, 1908. 1904 and 1900. captured
countless less important titles on the
other side and in Europe. but won the
American championship In singles IN
1908 and in doubles in that and the
following year.
His remarkable ability was used
quite as effectively In the service of
his country. for he engaged in eight
international contests and was never
defeated. although Larned almost
turned the trick once and twice forced
him to I've set matches, as did Ward
and Little.
OF the other English players s. II.
Smith and #. L. Risley also kept their
states unsmlrched. winning four and
two international matches respective
ly. with no defeats, but the latter's
victories were against the weak Bel
GUM team.