The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-03-25
AMERICAN TENNIS
FORESEE TROUBLE FOR
/" UNITED STATES TEAM.
HARD TEAMS FROM FIRST
Wearers of Stars and Stripes Must
Play Australians First, Then WIN
ners of French-German Match
England Has It Easy.

New York. March 24.-Somc time
ago the prospects of bringing BACK tht
noted Davis cup trophy, now hela pH
Great Britain, to this country "eie
particularly rosy, but recent Happen
ings have occurred which make Amer
ican tennis enthusiasts a bit Skepllcai
America will have a hard fight on ltS
hands. as the situation is compllca'e"
by the result of the recent drawings
The results OF the drawings and 'helr
dates come as a big disappointment u
American tennis players.
The most p~erpleXing problem is that
tha REPRESENTATIVES, of the United
States will meet Australia in the pre-
liminaries. These matches VIII oFihS
together what appears at the present
time the two strongest hailens5rs
United states and Australia. Ihe WIN
ner of This series will then be called
,,pon to meet the winner OF the Ger
many France series. Therefore IN the
ton row of the draw are the TOUR
strongest teams, according to the opln-
ion of tennis experts. In the bolloili
half Belgium, which drew a bye, VIII
meet the winner of the Canada-South
Africa series. If the Americans are
able TO come out successfully in the
ton half their efforts will have been
taxed to the extreme, as the three 5 7
les will be hard ones thus giving Eng
land a considerable advantage for the
final round.
Another obstacle is that with so
many teams in the challenge rounds 1t
will mean a long stay in England lor
the players if all the prellmlnafles
are to be played in England, Inc
dates arranged make it necessary Tor
the American team to be in England
early in June to get in condition 1of
its first match on June a, both
australia and America will suffer. as
they will have to go to England with
out the advantage of tournament play
unless they get to work earlier, Aus
tralia will have to do most oil lts
training on the cen of the champion
ship.
1t is said that the United states
may apply for later dates for the
reason tina the e~arliness OF those Sc
lected will interfere with the selection
of the American team. Most likely
Mclaughlin and Williams will be Sc
lected by the United states authorities.
There is some doubt whether NC
Loughlin could leave California as
early as May with the prospect OF not
returning to the coast until the middle
of August. Williams, who is a d
at Harvard, would be obliged to lose
nearly a month at college in order to
get into condition for the first rounds,
The doubles problem is fully as pu2-
zling.
1t is believed here that the British
authorities could have put the DAVIS
cup pr~eliminaries after the British
championships, which come the last of
June. America will be harder hit
than any other country by the early
date. The American tournament sea-
son does not begin until the first of
June and at the date the players" es-
pecially the northern and eastern play
ers, are not in condition. Lawn ten
mis- is played on the continent all win
ter, and many of the leading British
PLAYERS compete in these tournaments
In Australia winter is the outdoor sea-
son.