The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-01
Carolina Varsity Prepares to Meet Georgetown in Richmond
British Team May
Lift Davis Trophy,
Says Beals Wright

! BOSTON, Oct, Sin just month
the British tennis team will begin the
task of trying to wrest from Austria
lasia the Davis cup, playing at Mel
| bourne. Beals Wright. OF Boston
who was a member OF the American
team which tried to regain the cup
for America the first of this year at
New Zealand, Is among those who be-
lieye that the British team has good
fighting chance to take the famous
trophy back 10 England. This may
he q surprise to many, for 1t was the
concensus of opinion in the tennis
world that the defeat OF the Anerl-
can team meant that II would he sew
eral years, at least, before any other
country could hope to make sue
cessful quest for the cup.
Had Wilding been available for
Australasia's defense of the cup, Mr.
Wright says he would concede that
the British team would have small
chance. The Boston player saw some
where recently a reference 10 Mr..
Wilding being in North sydney. which
led him to believe that the great play
er might be headed for Melbourne,
but since then he has had word that
Mr. Wilding is In England.
That being the case. Mr.. Wright
looks upon the chances of the British
players with favor for several rea-
sons. He think that C. p. Dixon. play
ing his best game, Is reasonably GER
tain to defeat Heath. and that r. G..
Lowe stands an excellent chance OF
doing the same. perhaps more of a
chance than would J. C. Parke, of the
British team. Two victories in the
singles would bring the decision down
to the doubles.
Should 1t turn out this way, Mr.
wright's opinion is that the British
pair. whoever they may be, will give
their opponents a great struggle ana
perhaps a winning one. 1t would
have 30 be Brookes and Dunlop for
the doubles, with Wiiding missing. II
Brookes is at all pressed In his sin
giles matches he will find 1t difficult
to play In top form in the doubles,
while Dunlop is getting along in years
and will find 1t increasingly difficult
/ to go through hard contest sus-
tanned az high pace.
! The weather for the matches Is
likely to be exceedingly hot That
( r. the way the American players
( found il three years ago when they
! played at Melbourne at the same time
I Of year. the temperatures running
well above 100 degrees. II is dry
heat, but parching. especially II the
wind comes from the north. which Is
( from the direction of the equator.
The heat, while terrific, Is not Ike
I " to affect the tennis players. as the
heat at Chicago did the British golf
ers who were there for the national
( golf championship. Furthermore,
! they will have an advantage over the
I American team which went to Mel
| bourne, in that the grass courts In
England are more nearly like those al
| Melbourne than the American courts
! At Melbourne the courts ara extreme
/ ~ hard.
! With more than month for prac'
tice, the British team viii have am.
pie time to get in top condition, yet
not enough to go stale physically or
to get under a severe nervous strain
from long waiting. as did the Ameri'
can team at New Zes and. The foui
+ British players will have every oppor'
I tunfty TO try out their game aKainsl
each other and learn which pair are
likely to play strongest in the singles
/ and in the doubles