New-York tribune., 1912-02-11
STILL COvET DAVIS CUP
Lawn Tennis Body Again Decides
to Challenge for Trophy.
ECHOES OF ANNUAL MEETING
Players Well Pleased with the
Action to Have Champion
Play Through.

The United states will again chaHense
Australasia for the Davis international
lawn tennis cup. This was decided upon ar
a late hour on Friday night at the tall end
Of the thirty-frst annual meeting OF the
United States National Lawn Tennis Asso-
citation n was the opinion Of the delegates
assem- bled at the Waldorf-Astoria that a.
challenge should be sent, and IL was so
voted. With the provision that the details
as TO the selection Of the team and other
matters be placed in the hands OF the ex-
ecutive committee.
The formal challenge will be forwarded
10 the Australasian association on or before
March 1 as required by the conditions gov
erning the world famous trophy. The mem
bers Of the executive committee and others
interested await however. the coming OF
william 4. Larned. who acted "a captain
Of the team in tho matches decided az
Cbr,stcEurch New Zealand. carly I'm Janu-
arv. who is expected 10 arrive this week.
Larned's report Of the conditions and sug-
gestions as to launching another team TO
lift the cup will be carefully considered so
as 10 insure larger measure OF success
Reals g Wright will not accompany
Tarned on his return, as the former cham
MON stopped off al Honolulu 10 play in the
tournaments there.
There was cunsidora bile gossip about the
yarious phases of tho annual meeting about
the courts of he eth Regiment Armory yes
,ordov, where the men assembled to take
mart in the national indoor tournament or
watch the players at work. Among the
number was Harry Seymoure, chairman Of
afsnF Hon Ila
stated that Bob Wr"nn had been misquoted
as uersonallv favoring the champions play
ing through the national tournament
Wrenn. however. when opposition deVei-
oned to the proposed chang" did take The
floor making the statement That ne had
talked with Larned and knew that the ma
tionaI champion had no objections 10 the
rta,.irr through system being adopted II IL
was the wish Of the greater number OF
ulaycrs. even though he had legs on
number OF the trophies offered In connec-
tion with the championship. At no time did
Nrenr oXureys his own opinion or tho
measure. which finally was passed
Roth Harry Seymoure and Walter Merrill
Han the latter ranked tenth on the list for
last season. expressed themselves as pleased
- the change. It will work for tho short
or,nc of the tournament by day or two.
Then Hall stated that the abolishment OF
tho consolation cup in connection with the
Newport tournament also would act IN
auickening the play.
According 10 Mr. Seymoure. ono OF the
d;niculties with which the meeting had to
contend was that radlcalism was inclined
IA no rampant and that while the tone OF
al that was acted upon was strongly pro-
rrassiye. still II was necessary TO curb the
ideas of a few so as not to make mistakes
which would later cause difficulty and fur
,her changes.
This was the case with Kari Behr's mo-
zion TO devise "A method by which the entry
Ia the national championship might be linn
tied While Il was freely admitted In the
discussion that many entered the tourna-
ment at Newport who had no other thought
I'm mind than the privileges To be gained,
stiII. a qualification rule would work hard
shIps 10 many OF the most enthusiastic
Youngsters All of the veterans including
Frederick G. Anderson and others. believed
that tho younger uen We're TO be encour
aged for IL was to them that the followers
looked tor future Davis cup teams and
national champions.
Mr. Scymourc was busy drumming up
entries for the clay court championship Of
the United States. which is to be conducted
bv the Pittsburgh Athletic Association this
year lie expects that 1t will be held about
June - following the women's national
tournament at philadelphia. II Is planned
to include women's events, AMI not coniinr
Il 10 mon. as was done at Omaha A num-
her of the leading players OF this city, IN
Guiding Gustave +. Touchard practically
agreed to enter for the title. now that the
tournament has been moved so near this