The Washington times., 1913-07-11
AMERICANS To PLAY
IN DOUBLES TODAY
Canadian and Belgian Teams
Also Meet in Semi-Finals
for Davis Cup.
Mel L0UGHLIN WINS MATCH
Defeats German Player, as Does
Norris Williams in Singles
Matches Played Yesterday.

LONDON, July decomposition In
the doubles matches, in the semi.
final round of the Davis Cup com.
petition, will be started today. Nc
Loughlin and Hackett, the American
pair, meeting the Germans. Kleinscroth
and Rahe, while the Canadian and Bel
gtan entrants will take the courts in
the lower half the bracket.
The American team is composed OF
Maurice E. Mclaughlin, American
singles champion; r. Norris Williams,
the Harvard racquet expert; Harold
II. Hackett, and Wallace johnson. Nc
Loughlin was beaten by Anthony r.
wilding, New Zealand's champion,
who successfully defended his tit.e.
The German team, besides Froitz-
helm and Kreutzer, has as members
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe and Heinrich
kleinschrcth and it is regarded by
experts as much stronger than the team
which defeated the French players In
the preliminaries at Wiesbaden June
and g.
Froitzheim Is Old.
Froitzheim is about IS years old and
Is regarded as the father of the game
in Germany. He is an assistant jucge
at Straasburg. He plays a finished all
round game on quiet, deliberate lines
and he is universally liked in tennis
circles.
Rahe the second man on the team, of
Rostock, in Mecklenburg, is small, nsr-
Vous, and hustling, a striking contrast
IN methods to Froitzheim, but plays
remarkably quick, active game He
does not follow any profession, is
twenty-eight years old, and is probably
haSf rla VIZ in
Kleinschroth, the son Of a rich Munich
brewer, disputes with his brother Rob
ert the ranking as third-best player
in Germany. He is about twenty-seven
years old, deliberate, hard-nitting
player, but not quite in the class with
the two men first named.
Kreutzer, the fourth man on the team,
resides in Frankfort-on-the-Ma and
IS a general utility man. He is the
son of a Frankfort merchant, about
round man, playing practically as well
as the Kleinschroths in singles and
very strong player in doubles with any
partner.
Americans Win. I
Maurice E. Mclaughlin and R. Norris
Williams, of the United States, both won
their lawn tennis matches yesterday
from the Germans, Otto Froitzheim and
Oscar Kreutzer. respectively, and placed
the United States team in a favorable
position for winning the semi-final
round of the Davis Cup preliminaries.
1t Is only necessary for the Ameri-
can players to win one more match of
the three still to be played in order to
advance into the final, where they Will
meet either Canada or Belgium.
Mclaughlin had the more difficult
task He lost his first two sets to
Froitzheim, but then picked up and
won three straight and the match by
his superior lasting power.
On the other hand. Williams won the
match from KreutZer by three sets to
one, in which he scored % games to
the Germans 13.
The summary:
Williams, United States. beat Kreutz-
er. Germany, GA, g. as. 6-1.
Mclaughlin, United States beat
Froitzhem, Germany, 81. &c. ga. g., g..
Powell, Canada. beat DeBorman, Bel
gium, 60. 81, 6-l.
Schwengers Canada, beat A. G. Wat
son. Belgium, Ga. 81, 60