New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-17
Davis Cup Lawn Tennis
Matches Last Week a
Privilege TO See.
REASONS FOR CHANGE
IN M'LOUGHLlN'S FORM
Garbage Now Looms Up as a
Possible Winner of the
Futurity at Saratoga.
By HERBERT.

tennis matches last week must count
It 81 privilege The game will profit by
such All exhibition Of the nioeties Of play
and the possibilities that lie i'm study
and practice. Winning az any time
adds zcst, bu; those who love the sport
o. a: least many Of them. could look
beyond the struggle as GA international
fixture with keen enjoyment for whs.
the mgs'crs OF the game can DO with
racquet and ball Bad losers there we're
500 the crowd. and some mighty poor
SpOrt>mcu, but on the whole the spon-
tancov- enthusiasm for a brilliant
stroke. whether by 2 home player or
au inyad der. furnished striking evidence
that after all, the game IS the thing
The victory Ct the Austrslasians was
vCll deserved Both Brookes and Wild
ing are beyond the zenith Of the years
tGat mark mans most effective work
OE tho lawn tennis courts, and they
accomplished monumental task in
winning tho much sought Davis Cup.
Few. perhaps. have stopped 20 realize
the amount Of work. OF careful stten-
ton t1 detail and Of unremitting labor
o." two AUStraiasians. and especially
ByoOhcs. the captain and leader of the
challenccrs. have had 20 do ere the cup
was destined 10 take yet another jour
rcy 20 the other side of the world. In
tEc osrly part Of July BroOkes and
Wiidiuc. accompanied by Stanley y.
Doust and a. ". Dunlop. sailed for
America. and engaged IN their first pre-
lminary match against the Canadians
a. Onweutsia. Although the Cana
oianS did not prove TO bc dangerous
cyptenders at any time, Brookes and
Wildiug took the entire burden upon
their own shoulders and played IN both
singles and doubles. winning every
match. A week later they met the
Germans al Pittsburgh. and here again
were successful. taking every match.
The final round was played al the
Iongvood Cricket Club. in Boston,
against the English team. and Brcokes
sId his partner. after ciinching the
series by taking the Nrat three matches.
allowed DouSt and Dunlop 70 play the
final two matches. which were won By
the British Isles team. Having thus
lar come through without defeat reg
i,.cred against them. Brookes and .
Wiidug entered the challenge round /
arainst the United States, and earned I
victory by three matches 20 two. Few .
VIII hcCrudse the Australasians their
success ~ Forest Hills. and IL is GER
Tain that they have earned lasting graf
itudc from their cOuntrymen. IL IS
time now for other and younger men
:r Australasia 20 take Up the burden
that these veterans have so ably up
fcld.
The difference between the McLough-
jim Of Thursday. when he defeated the
Crea. Brookes in straight sets, the first
ef which touched the record score for
am important match Of l7-l5, and the
Mclaughlin Of Friday, when, with
Buudy a. a partner. defeat was suffered
iu the doubles match, rs not so hard
OF explanation. In the first place the .
strain Of that first match was plainly
evidenced by q marked slowing up OF
pace, particularly on service. while the
mental hazard Of huTdensome responsl- .
Stiity also counted. Then. too, BroOkeS
Sud Wildug took full advantage Of
what may be called The psychology Of
doubles. Their plan Of campaign was
20 make Bundy the target Of their at .
tack and then suddenly 20 shoot the
ball al Mclaughlin. catching him cold
and more or less unprepared. The aver
age good player rises 20 his game un-
der fire. The average good player falls
below his form when out Of action
large part Of the time Mistakes then
are emphasized and confidence lost.
That doubles match might easily
have been turned into a victory, and
this is said without detracting one whit
from the credit due the masteriul
Brookcs and the wonderful Wilding. If
Mclaughlin had played in the form Of
Thursday feel convinced that dt-
fcrcut story would have been written.
Under the circumstances, then. n seems
better 10 remember the California wiz
zard as he WAS against Brookes in that
marvellous first set. which went IL
10 100 singles, and the equal OF which
may never again be seen. As said IN
FRIDAYS Tribune. ! was particularly
wear ago in rounding out his game,
or. perhaps IL might be said, restrain
ing IL. There rs. still q weakness on
ms backhaud ground strokes. Many
times he anticipated BroOkes and
iumped Tar out Of court in receiving
Il service for a forehaud drive that, as
y rule. he shot over so fast and so
deep chat he ran little risk of being
caught out Of position. Apart, how
ever. from this evasion Of the back
hand. he played with all the finish Of
Brookcs and with greater brilliancy.
Little else need be said, for Brookes,
m my opinion. combines all that is hes,
I'm the development Of lawn tennis. and
suffers only at times from the frailty
OF human endurance.
F. T. A. said % me on FRIDAY even
ing. do you feel encouraged or dis
couraged over your own game after
seeing that kind of lawn Tennis On
thc spur Of the moment ! said: DIS
outraged" But on second thought J
agreed with him that the man or wom-
ON who could not learn something 90
his or her lawn tennis advantage from
such "a striking example Of how the
game should be played was not dcserv-
ing Of winning an umbrella. much less
silver cup Of a real tournament
Anthony T. Wiliing is the kind Of
player who does far more than he
seems 20 be doing. lie plays even
IL more with his head than he does with
VI his hand His amazing stcadncss and
" remarkable accuracy make for sdmira-
ton ] did not see his match against
Mclaughlin on Saturday. but J saw
him overcome x. Norris Williams I'm
straight sets last Thursday by eternal
accuracy against a far more spectacu-
lar and. az times. dashing player. Will
ANS beat himself by failing TO get the
range Of the court. but he showed