New-York tribune., 1913-05-27
HREE Of DAVIS CUP
TEAM PUT IN L|CKS
III o,lohIin Pairs with Little
and Then with HaCkett in
Doubles Matches.
AIMS, THEN SPLITS SETS
.,.o,r Pleased with Showing
II Lawn Tennis Players in
Practice at West
Side Club.

80. NJ the American lawn tennis
-. Nho will play in the Davis Cup
'..sss against the Australians worked,
ro-ked hard. through four sets Of
vss Yesterday. on the turf courts Of
:. Vest side Tennis Club.
v.uriee E. Mclaughlin, the national
,.-,rion. in the first pairing off teamed
= RAYMOND y. Little The two faced
,..,id II. Hackett and Charles F. Hag-
=, me latter the English professional,
.s. the net. with the result that Nc
'.nssrp and Little scored TWO sets at
- SIS
rss, the Young Californian paired with
r..,ett As a partner. while Little trans
- N Hacsett's side This resulted in
,,rt SCI contest. as Mclaughlin and
g,.sstt won the first set at S., and
:, the second at IS.
pobsrt D. Wrenn watched the test con-
80, from the side lines. He was greatly
...,s.ted In the way in which Mclaughlin
...rgbt off his ground strokes from deep
- The champion exhibited tenderness
.,,,sver compelled 20 pick the bail OF
. ,,o,,rd on a low bound. on such oc-
.,o,. he rarely hit as hard as when
/. ,aueht the BAH above his waist line or
,..,,8sr high. His strokes were phenom-
..uv strong overhead. Not one OF the
-, could approach Mclaughlin at smash
!, from the base line. Whenever he eX-
- his famous whirlwind stroke II
"a, Invariably good for the ace.
A. hack court play Hackett lifted MS
-. above its usual fight. His drives
nav had the length down 70 the fraction
-, inch which contributed largely 70
!. .ccess Of his passing shots. The oroer
: ,bs service in the first contest was
u,,tst,. Mclaughlin. Haggett and Little
n. order was practically reversed Tor the
,.,,,d competition as Haggett led of with
y,.ks,t Little and Mclaughlin following
the order named.
Mclaughlin left for Boston last night
,s,rs he will play his special matcH
.,,,,s, p. Norris Williams to-day. Lite
n Hackett will go over 10 Boston 10
-,.,oV along with the West side team
h. ,hs ,nter-city series against the team
\ ,bs Iongwood Cricket Club. Beals =
rrrbt the former national champion Is
a,e,ted 10 play on the Boston SIDE
Il is more than likely that when the
,-.rlcans return 10 the West Side turi
, next Wednesday the practice for the
,.ra,ional matches will be held in the
-,rlns instead OF the afternoon. Hag-
.r the professional who is acting as
.,s of the team. strongly advocated
IN procedure AT the close Of the practice.
Z, held A consultation with Wrenn ana
MI. who is slated for the position OF
,,,.ir of the team. 1t Is the contention
=, nroper coaching can not be under
.s.p with a large gallery looking on.
Tollowipg the doubles. Haggett took on
Sytaye +. Touchard FOR a set OF singles
y Professional allowed Touchard 10 run
70 lead Of 40 on games ana the"
sH,i IN and won the set at SIS.
Before leaving the courts Wrenn stated
a,t he was we'll pleased with the progress
fths American players. He regards NC
ugblln as coming strongly, despite tne
M that the Californian has not played
IN turf for six months. He said that
!, decision as 10 the placing Of the men
singles and doubles would be mace uh-
Z Just before the cup matches.