Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-05
AMERICAN TENNIS PLAYERS
HAVE HARD TASK ON HAND

The win of Australasia over Canada
and Germany in the Davis cup COM
petition leaves the three strongest
contenders to fight it tcut to finish,
AS; So far, no. form teversals have
occurred. Australasia will on August
6, Z and s, play against England,
which has already reached the final
round.
The winner of this match will next
play the challenge match against
America on August Is, IA and Is at
the West Side Tennis Club in New
York city.
The makeup of the teams has now
been declared in full, and the selec-
tions of Great Britain and America
are rather remarkable. England de-
clares j. C. Parke, A. A, F. Kingsoote,
T. c. Mavrogordato and A. H. Lowe.
Australasia is represented by Nor
man Brookes, A. T. Winding, D. NJ
Doust and A. H. Dunlop, and the Unit
ed States will depend ul,cn McLough-
lin, Williams, T. C. Bundy and Karl
Behr. The Australasian team is, be-
yond a doubt, the best that could be
secured under any circumstances, and
each member is man of tried abif
ity.
The selection of the English team
has excited a vast amount of criti-
cism, and apparently with good rea'
son. Having practically no young,
sters in the tennis ranks, England
has during the past ten years de
pended upon the same little band OF
veteran experts-Gore, Barrett, Dix
on, Ritchie-who are all now we'll
over the 40-year line.
Occasionally they have hoaored
comparatively young men like A. h.
and Gordon Lowe and ]. c. Parke,
who are each about 80 years of age,
but these occasions have been few.
The veterans have maintained Eng
lands prestige in the sport very cred
itably, but the younger men of other
nations have lately been beating the
old guard, and a change of policy has
been adopted.
Discarding the old standard bearers
altogether, they have named for this
campaign three men-A. H. Lowe, A.
r. F. Kingscote and T. c. Mavrogor.
dato-who have not won in the last
two years three important tourna.
ments between them.
J.. G.. Parke, the mainstay of the
team, is certainly entitled to a place,
although he has been already beaten
this year by F. G. Lowe, S. n. Doust,
A. E. Beanish, Hope Crisp and Otto
He can be depended up
on, however, to improve as the sea-
son advances.
The English selection committee
overlooked F. G. Lowe, the only Eng
lish player who has shown real i'm
provement during the past year. Lowe
has figured in a great many tourna'
ments during the past six months,
and has lost very seldom, except when
he encountered Wilding.
On form he looks to be the best
English player at the present time
except Parke Mavrogordato and
Kingscote have shown remarkable
ability in some of the matches they
have lost, but that just about lets
them out, except that Mavrogordato
won a good match from Decujis, the
French expert, in the Davis cup Sc
ries, this year against France.
In the English championships in
June Kingsccte was beaten by Gore,
the ex-champion of England, 46 years
old. in straight sets.
The selection of the American Da.
Wis cup team will also very likely
cause some adverse criticism.
Maurice Mclaughlin and R. Will
liams could hardly be barred from
the team under any circumstances.