Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-05

but the inclusion of Karl Behr looks
unwarranted. He has only won sin.
gle tourney in two seasons and he
has been beaten this year by John.
sston IN the singles tryUHt and y his
only victory has been in the Middle
States tourney, at which he beat T.
R. Pell and G. F. Touchard in close
matches. Behr earned a great repu-
tation in his younger days by vic
tory over w. A. Larned, and by max.
ing hard fight against Norman
Brookes in Australia, which ran to
five hard sets. Since that time,
though he has promised lot, he has
not performed. Nevertheless he has
been favored very steadily ever since
that Australian trip. - .
For two years he was held in the
ranking list of the ten best Amer
lean players, with little or no ex-
cuse, and was only dropped in 1914.
This year he secures a place which
by rights should go, according to the
work done, to either Johnston, Muir.
ray or Clothier The method of hold.
ing the tryouts appears to be some.
thing of farce. ."E&#- 1... IL.
Two little tournaments in which
most of the best men figured in sim
giles, were supposed to afford the
committee assistance in selecting the
team, but they appear to have had
little weight. c..
The system of selecting team be-
cause of their standing in one or two
Journeys is very unsatisfactory. A
round-robin tournament should have
been played, particularly in doubles,
and all the combinations possible
among the best ten or twelve men
ought to have been tried out.
According to reports, Bundy and
Mclaughlin do not impress the east.
erners this year, because Bundy LACKS
his old-time speed. He may be de-
pended upon to improve during the
next three weeks, but it is quite prob
able that Mclaughlin and Johnston,
or Mclaughlin and Williams, or Nc
Loughlin and Clothier would make
a stronger team. ...-... -.
At all events, they should have been
tried out. If Bundy plays as well as
in previous years, however, the old
combination will probably be able to
hold the Australasians to an even
break in the doubles.
The final results of the Davis cup
contests appears now to be a more
open question than it was two weeks
ago, when it was reported that
Brookes had beaten Wilding In three
straight sets in the finals Of the Eng
lish championships.
Wilding had never been. beaten
since he defeated Mclaughlin last
year in England, and had won a
great many tournaments. Consequent
ly 1t was thought, on receipt of the
cable advices, that as Brookes was
still better, the pair must be unbeat-
able. T.:
Full reports of the match, however,
indicate that loss of form on Wilding's
part had as much to do with the re-
suit as the play Of Brookes.
Wilding's work in doubles was hard
" I'D to form in this tourney. In the
final match against Barrett and Dix
on, Brookes and Wilding won two
sets, 6-1, 6-1, but loss the next,
81, and were forced by the veter-
ans in the fourth. to score of 8--6.
McLoughlin and Bundy, If in form,
will be much stronger than McLongh- |
lin and Hackett, who beat Dixon and
Barrett last year, and on form they
ought to figure on even terms with
the Australasians. In singles, Nc |
Loughlin on his own courts ought to |
beat either of the challengers, while
neither of them is safe from VIII
liams.