Evening star., 1914-08-16

Those wonderful performers, Brookes
and Wilding, deserve all the praise sure
to be lavished upon them here and in
their own country when they return.
They have shown that together they are
invincible; that united they can con-
quer the tennis world. There Is not an
other pair living that can show the
wonderful perfection of teamwork. the
smoothness of perfect unison, and they
stand pre-eminent in their sphere.
The Davis cup is gone. When the
Australian contingent leaves for that
country it will carry along the most
priced trophy for which tennis players
have ever striven, and for one year at
with the sons of the antipodes.
But with the loss Of the cup there is
one man-and he is an American-who
stands alone as the greatest player Of all
grand exhibition he has given in defeating
Brookes and Wilding In singles there is
none to doubt the statement that he Is
without peer Aggressive to point yet
achieved by no living player, McLoughlin
! at the same time embodies the splendid
qualities Of good judgment and coolness.
Nobody has ever been quite as good as he
| is, and it is doubtful If anybody will be in
the near future. His work places him in
! class by himself, and it Is the one bright
| spot in Americas defeat that 1t still has
the greatest player in the world around
whom to build its hopes for another year.
| ana III tnlS CONueCtlOH II may De Well 10
mention that about month ago. before
| the men had been selected to form the
American team. 1t was pointed out in this
column that much opportunity was being
| lost to practice in the doubles. 1t was
stated then that the players were getting
all the work they needed as far as the
singles were concerned. but that it took
| long and painstaking practice in the dou-
bles to become proficient. On the contrary,
the men of other countries had even then
been working together for a long time.
| OF course, 1t was known that McLough-
! lin and Bundy lad played toeether con-
/ siderably. but they were not working to-
| gether then in real matches, matches
/ that would test their every atom of
strength. The loss Of the doubles decid-
ed the struggle.
/, Work for next year must be the slogan
! Of American players Brookes and Wild
ing are growing older and they may not
be as capable after twelve months have
/ gone by as they are now. And even this
time 1t is said that Brookes is not as
strong as he once was. Truly, with the
greatest player living for whom to find
! a capable running mate, and on whom to
depend in next years matches. it seems
certain that America will win its way to
the challenge round and again meet
Brookes and Wilding in the competi-
ton for the cup on Australian
soil. The future of that cup does not
appear to be very dark from an Amer
ican standpoint. notwithstanding the de-
feat just suffered
| One of the fastest and best plays made
this year in amateur base ball took
place yesterday at Central League Park
in the game between the Emeralds and
| Tenleytown. Tenleytown got three men
on in the second inning on a walk and
two singles. The next batter up hit the
ball straight into the pitchers hands.
Norris. who was on the mound, threw to
Oakley at the plate forcing the man
who was on third; then Oakley shot
the ball to first, getting the batter, and
Holloran. who was holding down that
4 position. got it back to Oakley in time
to tag out Bron Howard, who had made
an attempt to score from second base
II With nobody down and three on at
II the time the Emeralds extricated them
selves from very tight position by
their splendid work in making that
play. 1t was not accomplished by luck
either. 1t was simply a case of clever
execution.
The games scheduled In the post-sea.
son series tomorrow are exactly as they
were for the opening last Monday. The
contest Of real Importance is that be-
tween Tenleytown and Eastern. to be
played on the Potomac league grounds
! II Tenleytown defeats the Potomac or.
ganization 1t will have the champion
ship in Section A. Another game that
J may decide championship is that
booked between Post ONCE and Treas.
ury. II the latter wins then 1t will have
I the honors for Section c. with the leasi
chance Of dispute. Tha other game.