Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-02

i ana ne is IN excellent pTdCtiCe. ZIG SaAA'
however. be thrown Oft his balance by
novel attack. for that would render his
pre-arranged calculations futile and would
be the Kind of game that would be sue
| cessfui against him. One other point
| that should be remembered regarding
| Brookes by the Americans is that he has
| a way of putting his second service IN
| with speed. At times he will take big
\ chances on this, driving the ball almost,
| if not quite, hard as his first service.
i In of his sets at Wimbledon he
| stole three points on his opponent in
| this way before he suffered a double
| fault. OF course, in taking such chances
| he is likely to score a double fault at
any time but it is uncomfortably uneX-
pected to an opponent who is not pre-
pared to have that second service come
| with such speed and If it is in it usually
| catches him off his guard. This, coupled
with the fact that BrookeS is liable to
come to the net on it, makes it doubly
| hard ball to return with safety.
| There is one other caution which 1 have
suggested before and that is, in case the
Englishmen should come through and be
the chalIengers. that Mavrogordato be
not held too cheaply. He is not strong
a player as others of the English team
He is not as good an all-round man as
Parke, but ne is just the kind of a player
to defeat anybody who holds him cheaply
at the outset. 1t is very difficult to get
the ball placed in the court so that he
cannot reach it. After rally begins and
the ball has gone back and forth several
times. MavroSordato gets better and bet
ter and more and more careful and drives
the ball with more and more force, so
that it is foolish for any one to let the
ball get going back and forth at crit
zeal time in a game or set. The Greek
is not more enduring than the men he
plays against. In tact, he has to save
himself somewhat. but he is light and his
stroke is quite deceptive.
There is no doubt expressed in the
minds of those who are familiar with ten
mis- conditions as to the wisdom OF Robert
D. Wrenn. Henry W. Siocum and George
I. Adee in the selection o. McLouShin,
Williams. Behr and Bundy for the Amer
lean defense of the Davis cup.
Mclaughlin is. all around. the best
player We have. If one measures up abil-
ity. pluck and that dash which can be re-
lied upon TO come at the right time and
pull through in pinches
Behr, when he is keyed up and playing
his most brilliant game. is more likely
to be on the edge of topping over than
is McI.oughlin. whose fighting spirit does
not depend quite so much upon a pitch of
excitement. vet Behr at times can play
unbeatable tennis.
Williams ! should be inclined to select,
after Very recently seeing the English
men and Australians in the height of the
English championship. as man who is
likely to beat Brookes or Wilding or
Parke Williams will be less easily I'M
derStood by these opponents and therein
lies his strength.
The question as to the doubles, and it
is a very important one. is. of course,
whether Bundy should partner with
McLoushlin, or whether Mclaughlin
should take one of the other two men.
and that will depend somewhat upon the
work done after this writing. The adj
vantage of having played together in
doubles is considerable, but it is not
everything. and if either Williams or
Behr should come to the top of his game
and should in tests match up well with
Mclaughlin, it might be wise to use
him.
One caution is necessary if the Austria
lians come through. and that is if Doust
is partnered with either Brookes or Wild
ing his play at the net must be watched
He will poach most recklessly on a pair
who are not prepared for this kind of
work. On the court at Wimbledon re-
pea tedly he came from his side clear
across and killed return that was paral-
telling the other side line, and very sell
dom did the man, who WIS calculating
on the return. catch him at it in time
to alter his stroke. And in this connec-
ton it should be borne in mind that
Doust was not playing a very strong
game of tennis in the singles or as an in
dividual except in this respect. really
clever pair. prepared for this. is likely
to catch Mr.. Doust in trouble and stop
his poachng, but it will not be easy, for
he exercises very good judgment as to
the times when he may make the at
tempt
Letters going back and forth relating
to the condition OF candidates and what
things ought to he borne in mind in the
way of prepare ton the latter part of
August already indicate the rumbling of
one of the greatest foot ball seasons we
have ever known. The constantly appear
g nf he
Army-Navy game make one realize that
in spite of midsummer weather the fall
looms up close at hand. and by the first
of September there will Internationally be
desultory practice going on in prepara-
ton for the hard and desperate struggle
that is to come. There will be inter
sectional games of the great test interest
more than we have ever seen before and
more OF test of methods. The rules
have not been> changed so vitaIly as to
interfere with a steady progress of last
years play into this next season and
every one admits that last fall showed
a particular intensity of interest in the
play. The weather for some of the big
games was atrociously bad but in spite
OF that the interest did not wane and the
crowds stood out in the de1uge to see
the games through.
Notre Dame, the team that burst upo,,
West Point like a whrlwind last year. is
scheduled for game with Yale and th..
early in the season. This will force the
t'din DIT We" Raven 10 develop early and
this should add intrest quite materially
as usually the games in early October
sho" mediocre and undeveloped methods
only to be used merely as preparation In
this instance Yale must develop her team
! Tor Notre Dame or suffer a severe de-
teat and at the same time realize that
at the end of her season is the necessity
OF showing roundabout game that may
| match up for Harvard's possession OF
| Brickiey, the star drop-kicker of the
gridiron, who scored all the points for
his team last year through five field goals.
harvard. on the other hand. has this
| Brickley asset. which will save her quite
materially. because as long as she can
| hold Off the other team she doesn't need
| 70 have scoring plays, but merely to get
| Brickley in position
! Princeton. which started very fast last
year. came very close to losing the Yale
| game, In spite of that early season SUI
periority. and its coaches will bear that
| in mind this year and not bank too much
| on early season form
1 dartmouth still smarts under the lash
of the bitter defeat by the Indians after