The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-12
AMERICANS MUST
PLAY CANADIANS
Meet Later in Month to Decide
Tennis Championship
of World.
by ANTHONY f.. WELDING,
Worlds Lawn Tennis Champion.


Nottingham. Eng, July 1.-The Amer
lean team to-day defeated Germany in
the semifnal challenge round for tho
Dwight +. Davis international lawn
tennis trophy. when Harold II. Hackett
and Maurice Z. Mclaughlin won tho
double match from the German pair,
Rahe and Kleinschroth. by n score of
Ga. 2-s. Ga. Sc
Tho Canadians defeated tho Belgium
team in the other seminal by a score
OF So. GO, GO.
The Americans and Canadians will
meet at Wimbledon next week in the
final TO determine which team Is to
play England for the trophy In tho
match which begins July %.
To come on to the court knowing
that your country is two up in tho
match with only three LETT TO play in
stills n confidence which IL is impossible
to overestimate. Mclaughlin and Hack
EFT are theoretically an ideal combina-
tion-ono keeps steady while the other
is going the limit.
In practice. however. have seen
better pairs. Hackett always struck
me as lacking In the decisiveness ne
cessary for killing soft lobs, and no
seems to overwait his opportunity.
On the other hand. the team work OF
Rahe and kleinschroth liz as good as
any l have ever seen. Individually the
pair could not be placed higher than
the lowest rating among the hrst-class
players. Rahe is the superior OF his
partner at singles. as shown on many
occasions.
The quick network OF the German
pair brought forth many rounds OF
spontaneous applause from the gallery,
but McLoughl!n's sustained brilliancy
was the winning feature. AS is usually
the case in modern doubles. the games
went with the service court. This
seemed TO be a more general rule than
ever for McLoughlin's service was
working better than yesterday, and tho
Germans found much difficulty in TAX
ing 1t.
While the victory cannot be called
wonderful. 1T is indeed a creditable
performance for the Americans to have
made such short work OF the best Ger
man team and singles players
Hackett won the first service and
took his game as the GtSman appeared
to be cold" and took considerable
time to get going.
McLoughlin won all but two Of his
services Both OF these he might have
won If he had no; foi; SO certain OF
victory.
But the auburn haired Californian
would not put over soft" second SER
vice after a fault. Intsead. he would
put more speed behind his racket on
tho second ball, and many times he
had double net faults called him.
Hackett played q good game through
out and appeared TO be taking moro
care than his partner. but even at that
Hackett lost no opportunity to get in
telling strokes bordering on the spec
tacular. without in any sense playing
TO the gallery.
The Germans played n better game
than they did when they appeared at
Wimbledon, in the British champion
ships. The game played by Hackett
and Mclaughlin to-day showed that
they had adopted tho style used by
ander. limo after time Hacketts long
high and certain lobs would bring the
German pair rushing to the net. and n
deadly smash by either OF the American
pair would result in an ace for Amer
lea.
Kleinschroth's service was weak and
lacked Judgment, while all Of his lobs
were hit for almost certain aces by
Hackett and Mclaughlin. Rahe did
we'll with his forehand strokes on low
ground balls in the early part of tho
match. and was ut all times good on
hard volleys, keeping a cool head and a
stir racket.
BY winning the doubles in n decisive
fashion to-day America Is practically
assured Of an easy path into the chal-
lenge match against England. The two
singles matches will be little more
Hackett and McLoughlin should re-
peat their doubles triumph against the
players from the Dominion