Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-19

E&S IL crowd supplies the
place of courage.
It's a good sportsman who can think
Of his defeated opponent when the shouts
and cheers of his friends are ringing in
his ears.
The committee will announce the men,
hers of our Davis cup tennis team during
the coming week, and tennis enthusiasts
the world over are keenly interested to
know just what the final decision will be
and with what men We Will undertake to
hold the cup and the worlds title that
goes with it.
very clearly that our defenders. whoever
they may be and what their wonted Prov
eSS. have before them a monumental task
1t is still regarded as almost certainty
that we will have to face England or
Australia in The challenge round And it
would seem more likely to expect that
Australia will conquer England at Long
wood than the reverse. Brookes and
Wilding, paired. defeated Barrett and
Dixon of England in the challenge match
for the all-comers' championship of Eng
land July Z, three sets to one, which
rather indicates that both Brookes and
Wiiding are playing true to old-time FORM
Which, if true, is calculated to bode trials
and nlayhap tribulations for our team.
When recall that Brookes. though
supposed to be slightly off his game, due
slIiI, of England from the mighty Wild
ing July f. in straight sets. the task of
stopping this pair. now going at top speed,
assumes bigger proportions
II does not, by any means appear
foriorn hope. for We still maintain that
Mclaughlin and those chosen to help
him will put up a grand fight. even II
not successful one. 1t simply means.
and this is perfectly obvious, that it
will naturally be a great deal more diff
ficult to defend against Brookes and
Wi'dins, both going well. than 1t would
lie if one the other were not as power
ful as of old. And what is probably
even more to the point. it looks more
ard more as if the doubles contest will
prove the pivot upon which success or
failure will turn For. granting that
australia is the challenger. it is pos
sibie. but hardly probable. that McLough-
lii, could defeat both Brookes and Wild
irg He will be busy enough coming
through against either: nor is it likely
that Murray, Williams or whoever may be
chosen, can do more than win against
one or the other of these two: SO thai
our shortest road to victory would seem
to be a hope that Mclaughlin can win
against Brookes or Wilding and the help
that is given him be strong enough to do
likewise. Should this result. it will rest
with the doubles team to add winning
point.
Who will they be- and can they do it.
are equally unanswerable questions at the
moment During the past two weeks.
two very important doubles tournaments
have been participated in by the ranking
players at the Westchester Country Club
and at Seabright, N J.. with view 10
aiding the committee in arriving at
decision regarding the final makeup OF
OUT team. The winners OF these tOurna-
,aents will, of course not necessarily be
named, though the playing of the various
winning teams will be closely watched
Williams and Murray have been played
together and except for their inexpe-
rience give promise of being strong
team However, it is regarded as fairly
certain that Mclaughlin will have to be
on the doubles team and it is mainly a
question of who will be paired with HIM
As stated previously in this column, we
doubt if team composed Of Bundy and
Mclaughlin can be improved upon, for
the reason they have long played togeth-
er and understand the fundamental re-
quisite of success in doubles-which Is
team work.
Murray or Williams. Pell and Behr.
or some other combination might fur
nish a team with more speed than NC
Loughlin can with Bundy, but in dou-
bles, especially, speed. while always
desired, is not as absolutely effective as
team work and the general experience
of the partners with each other. Bundy
is apt to be very steady and should be
big help to Mclaughlin If finally
chosen. And while we believe our
tralia- the English players are not at
all certain to be defeated by them.
Parke. Barrett. Dixon or the new Davis
cup players. Kingscote and the Greek.
Aiav-Ogadarto. can furnish a team not
by any means easily downed, and it
may be will be relieved of the
necessity of facing Brookes and Wild
ing and will face England instead. in
which event, because we beat them last
year we will probably have slight
edge on them next month and at least
face them with considerably more hope
of success than would be the case
should we have to fight Australia. With
Brookes going well enough to beat
Wilding in straight sets. our idea Of
something extremely unpleasant Is the
singly and then taken together. 1t
will he quite job and the Americans
will have to play all the tennis there
is to get through with it
SO far this season followers of
sport events and the sport writer's
have been calling attention TO the
many upsets to predicted happenings
and the wayfavored entries have had
to take a back seat and watch the
unexpected transpire.
And certainly nothing was more
surprising than Harvards wonderful
victory in the Henley regatta. not be-
cause 1t did not have splendid crew,
but solely for the reason this is the
first American crew which has ever
been victorious in this event during
sevcnty-fve years of racing The
Grand Challenge cup has the honor
of being, perhaps. the most coveted
Of all aquatic trophies. and to win it
the Harvard crew had to perform
brilliantly. 1t Is said that possibly a
million people We're lined up on both
shores of the Thames along the course
of the race. and displayed the great