New-York tribune., 1913-07-27
Stars of Courts Have Fought
Bitter Battles for Prize.
MANY NATIONS COMPETE
Interest in Fixture Has Grown
Until 1t Has Become
World Wide.

tbe Australians, Beals wright MI
Loughlin and Larned falling complete'y'
Last year the Americans challenged
but did not send a team. The BRUSH
Isles. however. sent Dixon. Parke ana a.
T. Reamish. In the first days play
parke defeated the famous Norman Il.
Rrookes at Sc, "a 81. 60. DIXON
beat Heath. 81, Ga, Ga, "a; BrooKes
aofeoted Dixon. SO. 6-4, "a, and Parke
defeated Heath, 6-3, O., 6-t Brookes
and Dunlop remained invincipie III tio
doubles, defeating Beamish ana FarAe'
6-i G--1, 10. A.
Germany led off in the preliminary ues
this wear along with the trench piaye''
an tho clay courts at Wiesbaden, Ger
,,,,rv in the series to decide the chalieh-
gers for the cup. In the singles kreuzer
dofoated Colbert. the brilliant Frenchman,
AZ ia 6A. 60, 6-3; Max Decugis' the
veteran OF France, defeated Rahe' d.
% Ga. 2-6, 8-6 10, and then RAM
defeated Colbert at 6-l, 6-l, 6-L Ihe
fourth of the singles was not played. In
tho doubles Klelnschroth and Rahe de-
feated Decugs and Germot at 10 VI
4-6 81
AZ the end OF the same week, June l.
the American players were ousily en-
gagged in defeating the Australians on
the turf courts OF the West Side Tennis
club. OF this city In the opening singles
Mclaughlin defeated Horace Rice at
.e-1 "a 6-3. and Williams defeated
Stanley n. Doust AT 81, Ga, l-6, 10
The doubles on the second day was IN
terrupted by rain. but tho Australians
carried the match in superb style Doust
and A. Booth Jones defeating McLough-
lin and Hackett at 2-6 60, 5-L 81 81
In the closing singles Mclaughlin de-
feated Doust at s. g.. 90, and Will
Jams defeated Rice at 1-5, 4-6. 81, 81
s-2 The players OF Belgium had bye
I'm the first round.
The Americans then moved on TO meet
the Germans at Nottingham. McIough-
lin defeated Otto Froitzheim, rated as the
greatest player I'm Germany. at 81, 2-s.
sA 50. So: Williams defeated Kreut-
zer. Ga. 60. 4-s. e-1. In the doubles
Mel .oughlin and Hackett defeated Klein
schroth and Rahe at 6-4, 2-S, 6-3, SIS
Then in the final singles Williams defeat
cd Froitzhein at 81. 81, 6-3, 81, and
Johnson defeated Kreutzer at rs, g.
81. s-l
Meanwhile Canada's team outplayed
the South Africans at the Queens club
London In the singles r. b. Powell de-
feated r. F. lie Sueur at 6-3. e-. 4-6
S-s. rs. and v r. Gauntlet defeated
b. p. schwengers the Canadian cham
pion at n-9 6-3, so Powell and
Schwengers in the doubles defeated
Gauntless and lie Sueur at rs. s-3. 3-s,
SIS. The only one of the closing singles
decided went 10 the Canadians as
schwengers defeated lie Sueur at s-3.
Ga. SIS.
Canada also easily disposed OF Belgium
Powell defeating p. de Borman at e.
81. 81; schwengers defeated A. G.
Watson At 6-4. 6-1. 50: Schwengers de-
feated p de Borman at 4-s. g.. e.
So and Powell defeated Watson by de-
fault In the doubles Powell and
SchwenEers defeated Watson and du
Vivier. 6-2. 6-2. So.
The result OF these matches brought the
Americans and Canadians into the final
round. The two nations met on the
courts at Wimbledon week ago. with the
result that the players from the United
States scored the first three matches and
the remaining two went by default. On
the first day Of the singles Williams de-
fcated Schwengers at o, So. 6-4, and
Mclaughlin defeated Powell. nj lO-S, 6-l.
6-4 Mclaughlin and Hackett easily
scored the doubles in straight sets at 6-5.
6-3 l2-iO The performance of the Amer
leans in this series was In every way so
noteworthy a. 10 be without a parallel
In the history OF the game.
IL is estimated that thousands OF dollars
have been spent in the contests for the
famous cup. and II has brought together
the greatest lawn tennis players Of the
world. The massive bowl of silver Is
worth intrinsically a little less than $1,000.
hut Dwight +. Davis. who offered II when
he was student at Harvard. has said
recently that had he foreseen the promi-
nent part II would take in the sport. IL
should have been OF purest gold.