The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-19
American Team To
 Compete For World
 Tennis Championship

New York, July 19.-As the Ameri- can tennis team has been fortunate enough to come through the final round of the Davis Cup worlds cham pionship match at Wimbledon, it's mem bers will face England's cup de- lending four on the same courts dur ing the coming week. As was the case when Mclaughlin met Wi1ding in the English singles utular match, it will be a case of youth and ambi- ton vs. seasoned maturity and ex- perience. In John c. Parke, c. P. Dixon, H. Roper-Barrett and A. w. Gore, England has a, quartet of play CTS who. if not absolutely top-rankers in the tennis world, are racquet wtelders accustomed to both national and international play
 Gore held the English singles title in 1901. 1908 and 1909, finally losing to Wilding. Roper-Barrett and Dixon won the doubles honors in 1912 and Gore and Roper-Barrett in 1909. Parlxe represented England in the cup series of 1908. 1909 and 1912; Dixon in 1909. 1911 and 1912. Against these players the United States has two former internationa1ists in McLough- lin who played for the cup in 1909 and 1911, and Hackett, who was an American representative in 1908 and 1909. The lineup will probably find Roper Barrett and Dixon as England s representatives. III the sdOuD1SS, W1Ln Parke, Dixon and possibly Roper-Bar- rett In the singles. Gore is likely to be a, reservist- For the United States, Maurice E. McLoughIin and R. Norris Williams 2d should play in the singles, with Mclaughlin and Capt H. H. Hackett aS partners in the doubles and Wallace F. Johnson as a reserve
 During the English championships Mclaughlin defeated Roper-Barett 4-6, S-6, 6-2, 8-6, which was the only instance where the American and Eng fish cup players were brought togeth- CT by the draw. Parke is the player most generally feared by the Amerf- cans in the singles In the northern championships of Ene1and on June 8 he defeated Wilding, who vanquished Mclaughlin a. month later, in a five set match, 6-2, 7-5, 6-a, 2-6, 7-5. This was in line with his great win from Norman S. Brookes in Australia last winter when he won, S-6, 6-3, 5-7. 6-2. Parke, as well as Dixon and Roper-Barrett, are veteran tennis strategists who will pit skill, stroke and tactics against the Americans youth, speed and endurance.
 The defeat of Maurice E. McLough- lin by Anthony F. WiIding in the challenge round of the English single i tennis championship again proves the value of years of practice and experi- ence in the court game Judging from
 
 tween the young American and the veteran New Zealander, it was the fn- ished all-around play of Wilding that gave him the edge over the CaIifor- nian in the gruelling three sets won by scores of S-6, 6-3, 10-8.
 In. the forty-one games that con- stftuted the match Wilding won twenty-four to McLoughlin's seven teen, giving him margin of seven games, three of which were picked up in the second set. Slight as this mar gin was, it proved that the player from the Antipodes held the reserve necessary to win at crucial points.
 Wonderful tennis player that he is Mclaughlin met an opponent who in finish and f1nesse was his master. De- spite his sizzling and powerful ser vice and smashing, the young Ameri- can found that Wi1ding was able not only to return his shots but to add to those returns the placement and pace P-l-.eh forced @eLourblin to 8 defen-