Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-06-27

Cup match in years and the exper
tennis authorities are emphatic il
their declarations that at best thu
United States team will not have bet
ter than an even chance of retaining
the trophy regailed at Wimbledon
last summer. It is certain thai
Champion Maurice Mclaughlin will
form the foundation of the team, but
beyond that all is specul. ton. The
California delegation, including Nc
Laughlin, William Johnston, Clarence
Griffin, Thomas Bundy, and possibly
Ella F0ttrell and Roland Roberts, has
been requested to come east early in
July. Hare they will be Joined by
Lindley Murray and H. L.. Hahn who
have been playing brilliantly in the
east for come weeks. The eastern
contingent including Williams, Wal.
lace Johnson. Touchard, Pell Dabney,
Niles, Alexander, Leroy, Church,
Hackett and others have been play.
ing for some weeks and when the two
squads join forces the U. S. Il. T. A.
officials will Immediately begin the
work of trying out the players in var
iOus tournaments in order to gauge
their present ability for cup defense
purposes.
Somewhat similar conditions pre.
vail in England with the first rounds
but a few weeks away. According to
the draw the English team must meet
Belgium at Folkstone July 7-S.9 AID
winning play France at Wimbledon
July 11-13-14. England should sur
vive these rounds even though the
team selected for the matches did not
represent British top-notch tennis
strength. For the play in this coun-
try, however, England must have
best combination possible in order to
have a fair chance against the Aus.
tralasiaas and toward this end little
has been done. Beyond appointing
a subcommittee Of three tc organize
a series of double trials at Wimble.
don,the international committee has
taken no definite action in regard q
the international team. One or two
players have been unoflcially advised
that they may be selected, but that is
as far as the committee has gone.
What is needed, according to English
writer's, is that the committee should
concentrate a team which IS physical.
ly sound; a team which is young
enough to stand thu searching strain
OF five sets in the hottest weather,
and yet old enough to have had ade.
quate match play experience; above
all, a team which is versed in mod rn
methods Of attack and has some OF
thu strokes necessary to combat
them. J. c. Parke on his form of last
Year merits instant selection; r. G.
Lowe on his form Of this year deserv-
es the same tribute, and A. Kingscote
should be included.
While English tennis players are
preparing to invade the states Ameri-
ca1 amateur sportsmen are crossing
the ocean bent on more international
contests for which 1914 has already
established a record. The Harvard
second varsity sails today for
London to compete in the English
Royal Henley regatta July IA, being
preceded by thu Union Boat Club
eight-oared for the same u
pose. To voluntarily offer to row
against the best oarsmen OF England
requires supreme confidence on the
part of American crews yet the sweep
swingers are outoone by the Haver.
ford College cricketers who ara to-
day setting foot on English soil for
a playing invasion against the leading
schools and club teams of that coun.
try.
Haverf0rd college, which is fomous
for its cricket teams, has sent play
ing combinations to the home of
cricket four times in the past
eighteen years and has always made
q fair showing against English school
and club players despite the fact that
the American Collegiaa is far more
at home on the baseball diamond than
the cricket crease. The initial in.
vasi0n was made in 1896 and was re.
peated in 1900, 1904 and 1910. AS in
past years the squad will consist of
thirteen members and seventeen
games will be played between June
Is and July 70.
An idea Of the rapid advance Of
aviation abroad can be gained from
announcement that France is about
to erect an elaborate system OF aerial
sign posts for the guidance of private
and military aviators. The system,
which has been outlined by the Aero
Club of France and adopted by the
War Minister is extremely simple,
and the sign-posts, which have in
reality the form and aspect of q
table, possess from a military point
of view the considerable advantage
of being easily and promptly sup.
pressed in case of war. Indeed, the
metal trellis-work of which they are
made, measuring 81 feet, Z IL inches
}by Is feet, 5 inches, and standing on
metal legs about 6 feet high, a be
turned upside dow: one man with.
out difficulty. These sign tables, as
they may be called, are to bear only