New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-01
While Americans and Austria.
IianS Are Battling Here Ger.
mans Will Met French Four.
HOME TEAM THE CHOICE
With Mclaughlin in Form the
United States Counts Two
Singles Won, but Much
Depends on Other Three.

West Side Tennis CLUB OF thls city and
at Wiesbaden, Germany.
here the American team, composed Of
Maurice +. Mclaughlin, the national
champion; r. Norris Williams. Raymond
II Little and Harold RI. Hackett, viii
meet the players from Austrla-Stanley
\ Doust, Horace Rice and a. Booth
Jones.
Germany. where a team IS competing
for the first time, will be represented by
Otto Froitzheim, Otto Kreuzer, +. W
Rahe and II. Kleinschroth. Or. W.
Schomburgh is acting az captain o. the
German force that will meet the repre-
sentatlves OF France. The French team
includes Max Decugs, N. Germot A.
Canet and Andre H. Colbert.
The series Of five matches-four singles
and one doubes-will marx the twelfth
competition fer the blue ribbon Of the
courts, which was first offered In 1900 By
Dwight +. Davis. OF st. Louis. then a
student at Harvard. Never In the pre-
vious history Of the cup has every quar-
ter OF the globe been represented as on
this occasion. for, I'm addition % the
Americans, Germans French and Aus
tralians, teams will compete from South
Africa. Belgium and Canada, 80 that
from among the seven must come the
challengers TO stand before the players
of the British Isles. who hold the cup
through their victory over the Austral-
ians. on the Warehousemen's Courts at
Melbourne last November.
There Is no denying that the Australian
trio is a formidable one. All or the men
hit the ball hard and play with remark
able accuracy even n the br.llancy
which is so pronounced In the play =
Americans IS missing. Doust. who is
acting.as captain Of the team. was win
ner in the All-England indoor champion
ship tournament before coming TO this
country a month ago. He IS not au i'm
pressive player. but his ground strokes
are wonderfully speeded and placed, and
NJ times In his practice &c Philadelphia
and L.ongwood he has demonstrated that
he can rise to considerable heights
Jones appears 10 be easily the strong
est OF the men from the Anupodes as
single player. Although. Ike other Brit
ish colonials. he favors the back court
ne NflluS INC Utls NAAfVAitg NANfA H"'t fata7
ing skill. often just down the side line.
and with such low bounds that Doe is
apt to bother the Americans. u Australia
Jones is ranked high a. a doubles play
or only surpassed by Brooks and Dun
lop. lie comes from sydney, New South
Wales, where he holds the singles cham
pionship. In all OF his practice since his
arrival in this city Jones has demonstrate
ed his ability As a fine tacticiau and
stroke expert. one Of his best assets 4.
his service which is remarkably strong
and severe. II - more than probable
that Jones and Doust will pair Ia the
doubles
The third member OF the team. Rice,
IS also from Sydney. and two years $50
was selected as a member Of the Aus
tralian cup team that routed the Ameii-
cans. Rice has q popularity IN that -
favors playing I'm krickerbockers, when
he believes affords him freer action on
tho courts His stroke is out OF the ordi-
nary. in that he swings the racquet with
a stln arm movement that appears 10
push the ball. rather than hit Il. lie Is
wonderfully severe and sure on his back
hand shots, and endurance through a
hard five set match is one of his beat
assets. In the Victorian championship
last winter c. p. Dixon, OF the success
ful English team. was beaten by Rice
who later fell before Arthur Lowe
All OF the Americans have been playing
strongly In practice, and this WAS DEM
onstrated last Tuesday when Mclaughlin
maintaining a position IN the back OF the
court. most unusual position for him
was able to beat Williams for the thru
time In ten months by the score OF SIS
81. S-S, IS. Improving as he has dons
IN a single week, IN the development Ok
his deep court play and ground strokes
Mclaughlin easily SURPRISES any OF the
other Americans. and is counted on 70
win both of his singles matches.
1t must be admitted that the other play
ers have not rounded into form so wei
This has been due partially 20 the bad
weather and in Williams's case 10 the
fact that he has suffered from g severe
attack OF tonsiiitis. Little has come on
stronger than any ot the others and mas
profted greatly by the coaching o.
Charles 2. Haggett, the English PROBES.
sonal It has been amply demonstrates
during the last week that the new de-
parture In having q professional coach
for the team has been a most SUCCESSIVE
one. Haggett has taught the mon grea'
deal I'm the way OF strategeuc position
play, and also in handling their strokes
so as 10 play the ball with certainty "
direction. The doubles side Of the Anlen-
can team has caused Robert u. Wrenn
and others OF the committee considerao.e
anxiety and 1t will certainly not be known
until next Thursday what the pair VIII &c
that the Americans will put on the eou'
against the Australians.
All OF the other matches in the DAVIS
cup series OF this year will be playeu
abroad. II Is expected that the Canadians
will meet the South Africans on tue
courts at Surbiton about June u. I"e
South African team includes V. X. Gauh'-
lett II. T.. lie Sueur and c. II. Leach Inc
opinion prevails among English players
that tho Canadian team will set p'a07
in the final round. American ofhclds
stated yesterday that II this surmise were
correct, and the players of this nation DC
successful against the Australians. II was
almost certainty that American players
would stand as the challengers OF the
British Isles for the cup.
II was explained by one OF the Amer
can committee that there would be sinp'o
time for the players OF this nation to se'
ready for the seml-hnal against either
France or Germany. as this round OF 'ns
series would not DO playeo