The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-24
TENNIS CUP FINALS
 IN ENGLAND TOMORROW

fender, respectively, the challenge round at Wimbledon tomorrow (July 25) marks the beginning of the fin
 al play in the twelfth tournament for
 the Davis Cup, emblematic of the worlds team tennis championship. Donated in 1900 by Dwight F. Davis as trophy for international compet1- ton, the cup and contest have grown in importance until today the struggle for possession of the prize-a massive silver bowl-has taken rank second to none in world wide sport competition
 For this emblem of championship in tennis the teams of seven countries were drawn into play this summer ex- elusive of the English quartet, which io the position of cup-holders, stood out and awaited the arrival of the ul- innate challenger, which proved to be the United States team, France, Ger many, Belgium, Canada, the United States, Australia and South Africa all entered the lists and the true inter national character of the play is shown by the fact that three of the preIin- mary rounds were played in England. one in the United States and another in Germany.
 The United States team won from the Australasian trio four matches to one in the play at StI1e West Side club, New York City, early in June. Ger man players eliminated France at Wiesbaden by a similar score June 5. and 7. When the Canadian and South African teams met later in the month the Maple Leaf representa- tives won three matches to one. In the senni-finaI rounds both Canada and the United States had a. clean sweep, Canadians defeating Belgium, which had drawn bye, five matches straight, and the United States team disposed of Germany by similar scoreI of matches. Thus it cam8 about that players from the new world met in the final round, with the Americans win ming the right to face the English rac- Quet Wielders in the last stage Of the cup. quest.
 The team to which the United States Lawn Tennis Association pins it's faith of regaining the Davis cup isl composed of three youngsters and onel veteran. Despite the fact that Maur- ice B. Mclaughlin, R. Norris Williams End, and Wallace F. Johnson are young in years they form a most formidable trio when considered from a tennis tournament standpoint. Mo Loughlin, who is but twenty three years of age, was born at Carson City,
 New; in 1890, He stands feet 10 1-2 inches and weighs about 1855 pounds in
 condition. The present United States champion first learned his tennis on the asphalt courts of California. It was not until 1eo9 during his first
 eastern invasion, that he played up-
 on a grass court
 Williams represents the foreign methods of tennis play on the Amer
 ican team for he was coached abroad.
 The son of c. Duane Williams, who
 lost his life in the sinking of the Ti-
 tanic he was born at Geneva, Switz- erland, in 1891, and finished his fresh man year at Harvard University just previous to the beginning of the pres ent Davis Cup play. His father, all
 ways an enthusiastic tennis player,
 %0 < I,js yaSIN eli in his teens, had the best coaching and practice available and the result isl shown in the fact that williams plays the best all around and most finished game of any of the American quartet Although he never played in this coun- try until last spring his game imme-
 diateIy attracted attention. He won the clay court championship at Phil adelphia and was only put out of the championship at Newport in the sixth round, when Mclaughlin defeated him,
 @ 5-7, 6-, 3--6,. 6-S.
 These two players, who are bracket
 ed one and two in the national rank-l ings, will with Capt. Harold H. Hac- kett, lead the attack in the play at Wimbledon against Parke Roper, Bar
 rett, Dixon and Gore, the English de- lenders. Hackett is the veteran of the quartet, being player of many
 years experience on both American and foreign courts. Although a prom inent singles player as far back as 1902 it was not until he doubled with F. B. Alexander, three years later, that he came into the championship limelight. In 1907 the pair won their first national doubles honors and were invincible until 1911, when they bowed to Little and Touchard.
 HacHzett is a noted tennis tactician and his play frequently appears both simple and easy to the spectator but when he is at the top of his game a more skilIfuI placement player and deceptive server would be hard to name. In the unavoidable absence of Bundy, Hackett was conceded to be the | strongest player available to double with Mclaughlin. Johnson, who acts as reservist, completes the quartet. l He is also one of the recently develop | ed youn gsters who promises to make4 American tennis history in the near
 future In the English singles John son worked his way to the fourth | round before being defeated by R. D. | Watson, 2-6, 8-6, 6-1, E5. At New port last August he forced McLough- l lin to go full five sets before he would admit defeat in the final round of the championship singles, the scores being 36, 2-6, 6-2. 6-, 6-2.
 During the thirteen years since the Davis cup was first put in play eleven championship tournaments have been completed and the score of champion ships stand as follows: British Isles 5; Australasia 4; United States g.. Not including the present series forty three players, representing six coun- l tries, have battled for the trophy, the number by nations or colonies being: United States, ,15; British Isles, 14, Aus tra1asia, g.; France, 5; Belgium, 2; Austria, g.
 As soon as play for the trophy was announced England challenged the United States for the cup losing the first contest in the summer of 1900 in straight matches. Two years later